About
Faculty transforming undergraduate teaching to prepare students for career readiness and launch.
Championing Career Readiness
Launched in 2021 through the generosity of Professor Emeritus Carl Hauser, Core to Career supports faculty interested in intentionally incorporating career readiness into their general education courses. UCORE remains committed to its central mission of providing WSU undergraduates with a broad general education to complement the depth of knowledge gained in their major areas of study. Too often though, students fail to see the connections between this broad education and post-graduation employment prospects. Yet employers repeatedly cite WSU’s undergraduate learning outcomes such as thinking critically, understanding diversity, and adept communication in multiple modalities as among the most important qualities in potential hires. To this end, Core to Career aims to close this awareness gap by helping faculty intentionally scaffold career-readiness competencies identified by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) into course and assignment design.
Learning Outcomes
Core to Career prepares faculty to empower students to…
- Recognize why career readiness is an essential marker of a college graduate.
- Describe in explicit ways how their coursework translates to career competencies sought by employers.
- Build sets of portable evidence and stories that show how their coursework is relevant in contexts outside of the classroom.
- Apply career readiness to the pursuit of professional and personal endeavors.
What Employers Are Telling Us
According to employers surveyed in the 2023 American Association of Colleges and Universities’ Career-Ready Graduate Report, college students graduate with gaps in preparedness relative to transferable skills employers identify as very important.