Increasing Student Success by Integrating Career Education Into the Classroom

Increasing Student Success by Integrating Career Education Into the Classroom

During the last several years of upheaval and change, equity become an increasingly important topic of focus and research in higher education. Studies have found that the number one reason students list for pursuing higher education is to get a better job. Students who don’t access career services are often those who would benefit the most. This has caused a rethinking in the way that career education is delivered to students from a service model which only reaches a small percentage of students to integration into the student experience. Faculty are in a unique position to promote career development in the courses they teach and help students to apply their classroom learning to experiential opportunities such as internships and career paths. Integrating career education into the student experience more strategically is one approach to work towards more equitable outcomes and student success.