Ensuring High Quality Career Development for Every Hawkeye
Project Lead: Matthew Augeri
Funding Approved: Fiscal Year 23
Project Status: In Progress
Funded amount: $407,040 over three years
The Pathways to Success program aims to increase the percentage of students who engage in ongoing and personalized career development by implementing a technological solution that can help address inequities in career pathway preparation.
The project entails a unique, accessible, and integrated platform that broadens access and motivates students to engage in high impact career practices such as career advice and career planning assistance.
Activities to date:
- Created My Career Path portal personal assessment tool
- Includes a personal assessment tool
- Designed to identify and address gaps in career outcome achievement for undergraduate students
- Utilized the Iowa Landscape Analysis Report to determine four career milestones:
- Career Planning & Reflection
- Career Experiences
- Connections to Employers or Alumni
- Career Articulation
- Identified gaps in career outcome achievements among underrepresented student populations and underserved majors
- Reviewed institutional data and conducted conversations with campus partners
- Utilized this information to develop the My Career Path portal personal assessment tool
Next Steps:
In year two of the project, the Pathways to Success team will pilot the My Career Path portal with two to three populations representing a wide range of student majors, experiences, and backgrounds. The team will also begin to promote the new tool, establishing marketing and engagement strategies and identifying potential partnerships on campus.