by studentrg | Mar 12, 2018 | Career Pathways
Do You Go to College for Job Training or Self-Discovery? Or Maybe Both? Let’s meet two students who have very different goals for what they want to achieve in college . . . Student A (let’s call him Paul) has always wanted to be a petroleum engineer. He fell in love...
by studentrg | Mar 8, 2018 | Career Pathways, Consortia Research
When do high school students start to ask, “What should I do with my life?” And what influences that decision? Here are some answers to those questions, based on research conducted by the Student Research Foundation in partnership with the Partnership for 21st Century...
by studentrg | Mar 1, 2018 | Career Pathways, Jobs of the Future
On January 11, 2017, Susannah Snider published “25 Best Jobs that Don’t Require a College Degree” in U.S. News. The jobs she listed were . . . Maintenance and Repair Worker Veterinary Technician Personal Care Aide Medical Assistant Insurance Sales Agent MRI...
by studentrg | Jan 11, 2018 | College Major
When college students decide to major in English language and literature, common wisdom holds that their parents are unlikely to react less than positively. Some of the most stereotypical responses students can expect, according to common lore, can be expected to be ....
by studentrg | Jan 3, 2018 | Jobs of the Future, STEM
Do STEM Studies Prepare Students to Excel in the Humanities . . . Or Is It the Other Way Around? “The more our labs and engineers innovate, the more jobs we create for people who can make the human dimension work. Technology may be a job killer in warehouses or on the...