“As an Asian American student, I am always asked, ‘What kind of Asian are you?’ When I respond, ‘HMoob,’ I’m asked, ‘What’s HMoob? What country is that?’ But HMoob do not fit the construct of …
Cultures of risk and the activity format of internship participation
The activity theory of work-based learning One of the fascinating things about interviewing students, educators, and employers about their internship experiences is that we are able to learn about how students experience work-based learning. And …
Access and Barriers to internships for college students
Internship participation is a topic of increasing importance to researchers, practitioners, and policy makers involved in postsecondary education. Data from the Higher Education Research Institute for Undergraduates between 1994 to 2006 showed that the percentage …
Introducing “Our HMoob American College Paj Ntaub”
A Poetic Prologue – HMoob not Hmong or Mong “Hmong” spelled as H-m-o-o-b reclaims the HMONG part of the Hmong American identity HMOOB acknowledges the authentic pronunciation of the “Hmong” name, heritage, and people “Hmong” …
Time to consider higher education for refugees
The Trump Administration recently announced the Presidential Determination for the new fiscal year, which sets the ceiling for the number refugees admitted through the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program. The determination dropped the ceiling from 45,000 refugees to its historic low of 30,000. But, as low …
1st Annual Symposium on College Internship Research
Last week on Friday September 28th our Center held the 1st Annual Symposium on College Internship Research here at UW-Madison. It was a great success, with over 100 researchers, students, career services professionals, employers, and …
Skilled Jobs that Do Not Require a Bachelor’s Degree
Our Center has just released my latest research presenting a new approach to the identification of middle-skill jobs, or relatively skilled occupations that do not typically require a bachelor’s degree for entry. I call these …
The Stories of Higher Education in Wisconsin
Questions concerning the purposes and goals of higher education have long been debated. Should higher education be considered a public good or a private benefit? Should it focus on liberal arts or vocational preparation? And whom should higher education serve? Recently, however, …
A team of UW students are “Documenting the aims of higher education in Wisconsin”
How do Wisconsinites consider the aims of public higher education in the state? And, what experiences have influenced their thinking on this question? There are many possible aims of higher education, including: To provide students …
Welcome to the Center!
When the prospect of starting up a new research center focused on issues related to college student employability came up in the Spring of 2016, it wasn’t clear that the world needed yet another “Center” …