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ERIC Number: EJ1185813
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 31
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1559-0151
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From Campus to Corporation: Using Developmental Assessment Centers to Facilitate Students' Next Career Steps
Jacobs, Rick R.; Griswold, Kaytlynn R.; Swigart, Kristen L.; Loviscky, Greg E.; Heinen, Rachel L.
Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, v19 n1 p125-154 Spr-Sum 2018
Honors graduates have much to learn when transitioning into their first position after college. For instance, workplaces have an entirely different culture and set of expectations from undergraduate honors classrooms. Furthermore, the skills they need to become successful employees or graduate students are different from those required of successful honors college students, with a greater emphasis on communication skills as one example. At the Pennsylvania State University's Schreyer Honors College, they have found a way to mitigate this gap in skills and understanding by operating an assessment center, a work simulation program designed to allow students to experience organizational life while also receiving crucial feedback from those with experience in the workforce. The value of assessment centers lies in enhancing scholars' educational and career development, and successful implementation requires important considerations, processes, and resources. The detailed story of Schreyer Honors College's Leadership Assessment Center elaborates on the factors that have been crucial to the team's success in providing this opportunity to Penn State's honors students over the past ten years and might inspire other academic institutions to consider creating assessment centers for their scholars' education.
National Collegiate Honors Council. 1100 Neihardt Residence Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 540 North 16th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588. Tel: 402-472-9150; Fax: 402-472-9152; e-mail: nchc@unl.edu; Web site: http://nchchonors.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania; Massachusetts (Boston)
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