Empowering Student Self-Efficacy Through Career Readiness Skills, Competency Assessment, and Social Capital Development

This session will explore how Mount Saint Mary’s University, the University of Missouri–Kansas City, and the University of California San Diego have integrated career readiness curriculum and measurement into the fabric of the student experience across the entire campus including academic and student affairs: internships, veterans' resources, first-generation student support services, summer bridge programs, student employment, first-year experiences across academic departments, and academic advising.

Participants will gain best practices to holistically support students’ academic and career development with the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) competency assessment as well as innovative curricula and teaching that provide students with the tools to build social capital, strengthen career readiness skills, offer individualized career guidance and coaching, and provide access and opportunity to meaningful experiential learning that increases student self-efficacy, confidence, and sense of institutional belonging. Discussion will include recent findings from the report recently published by AAC&U, NACE, and the Society for Experiential Education.