Stepping up to stepping out : helping students prepare for life after college / George S. McClellan and Jill Parker, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McClellan, George S.

Parker, Jill.

Series:

New directions for student services ; no. 138, summer 2012.

New directions for student services ; no. 138, summer 2012

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School-to-work transition.

Vocational guidance.

Career development.

College graduates--Employment.

College graduates.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (117 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Undergraduate students come to college from a myriad of pathways for a variety of purposes, and the same can be said of them as they leave to head off into their next endeavors. Arguably, the most important goal of higher education is to prepare students to achieve their postcollege aspirations, and campuses typically pursue that goal through a combination of curricular and co-curricular programs and services for students. This issue offers readers a glimpse into contemporary context and practice related to helping students with their after-college transition from one form of educatio

Contents:

Stepping Up to Stepping Out: Helping Students Prepare for Life after College; CONTENTS; EDITORS' NOTES; 1: Preparing Students for After-College Life: The Context; 2: Engaging Theories and Models to Inform Practice; 3: Pathway Programs to Life after College; 4: Four Programmatic Approaches to Assisting Students' Transition from College; 5: Overview of Curricular Approaches; 6: Case Studies of Curricular Approaches; 7: Looking Forward: New Challenges and Opportunities; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-79290-6

9786613703293

1-118-48298-0

OCLC:

797917975