University Career Research Articles

The Learning Effectiveness of the Innovative Model of Integrating Financial Education into a College Career Planning Course

This study examines the effectiveness of an innovative model of integrating financial education into a career planning course at the college level. A total of 104 freshman students (48 in the day division and 56 in the evening division) were sampled. Based on the analysis of the “College Students Financial Planning Survey Questionnaire” revealed that: 90% of the daytime students and 97% of the evening students agreed on the importance of financial education and financial planning in career planning; daytime and evening students share common perspectives on the importance of financial planning in career planning: to realize their dreams, they need to have an adequate financial foundation to support their daily living expenses, and then to plan their financial management well for future retirement security. There are several items of college students’ financial planning status varies between the different education programs. According to the analysis of various score results from the “Career Planning Course Learning Satisfaction Questionnaire”, there was no significant difference across academic systems in the analysis of satisfaction with the integration of financial education into a career planning course; the three most important overall satisfaction analyses all indicate a high level of satisfaction, including: the overall teaching content, the overall content design of financial education, and the benefit of integrating financial education into the career planning courses for personal career planning. Finally, this study offers some specific suggestions for integrating college financial education into a career planning course.

Sistematización de experiencias: Uso de una guía de análisis de la película Soul en procesos de orientación vocacional para el cambio o reafirmación de carrera en población universitaria

This systematization brings together the experience related to the construction and implementation of an analysis guide for the film Soul, with the aim of accompanying vocational orientation processes, with the student population of the Social Sciences area at the University of Costa Rica. It is for the above that the objective of this experience is to document the creation and implementation of an innovative qualitative tool in the field of vocational guidance with the university population. This experience is based on the individual accompaniment carried out to seven students during the year 2021, whose subject of attention was related to the change or reaffirmation of their university career. Following the steps of the methodological process of a systematization of experiences, for the reconstruction of the history and analysis, the professional annotations resulting from each intervention, the written responses from people about the use of the guide and the electronic records of the Individual Attention System of the Guidance Office were used. Based on this information, conclusions and recommendations are made both to the experience in the use of the guide, and to the course of systematization of experiences offered by the College of Guidance Professionals, which makes the creation of the document possible.

University-supported job search methods and educational mismatch in bachelor's and master's graduates

PurposeThis paper addresses the relevance of job search methods and strategies in determining vertical mismatch and the risk of underusing skills or knowledge in first jobs amongst graduates from bachelor's and master's programmes in Spain. Support from universities (via internships and career services) is compared to support from public institutions and informal strategies.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use the 2019 University Graduate Job Placement Survey. The dependent variables are estimated with a bivariate probit model with sample selection on a subsample of graduates who were not working at graduation.FindingsInternships and university career employment offices significantly improve the quality of first job matches. Job banks and public examinations also contribute to finding well-matched first positions, while for public employment services, results are mixed. When the job search is not supported by institutions, graduates generally do worse finding their first jobs, particularly when temporary employment agencies are involved. There are also large differences in mismatch risks across fields of study.Practical implicationsIf more graduates found their first jobs through internships and university job placement services, educational mismatch rates would decrease substantially. Further collaboration between universities and employers for the provision of high-quality internships may foster their conversion into regular, well-matched jobs. Industrial policies addressed to knowledge-based economic activities would enhance the creation of highly skilled positions. Further orientation towards STEM degrees is required to improve imbalances between supply and demand for graduate labour in Spain.Originality/valueEvidence about education mismatch among master's degree graduates is very scarce. This paper compares them to bachelor's degree graduates. It addresses two complementary types of education mismatch and takes into account potential self-selection into post-graduation job search.

Unequal opportunities in accessing employability‐related programmes: South Asian graduates' experiences in Australia

AbstractLimited scholarly work has been conducted on obtaining equal opportunities to participate in employability‐related programmes by international students while studying in Australia. Drawing on a qualitative study, 20 South Asian postgraduates were interviewed to explore their experiences in accessing employability‐related programmes. Based on the findings, South Asian graduates have experienced unequal opportunities in accessing employability‐related programmes as postgraduate international students in Australia. They are disadvantaged by generic career advice and resume assistance offered by their university career office, and companies invited to university career fairs offer internships, placements or graduate programme opportunities mostly to domestic students. As a result, South Asian graduates were unable to gain employment in their field of studies. South Asian graduates have also offered several useful recommendations to facilitate more equal chances of developing employability and thereby gaining successful employment in Australia. These include partnerships with companies in providing employment opportunities, diversification of university career office roles, and establishing connections with alumni. The paper also discusses implications for Australian higher education institutions and higher education policy and practice in Australia.

LinkedIn as a pedagogical tool for careers and employability learning: a scoping review of the literature

PurposeProfessional networks are conduits for career insight, vehicles for career exploration and incubators of professional identity. Accordingly, LinkedIn is a rich environment for university students' careers and employability learning. In this article, the authors review how the pedagogical use of LinkedIn has been conceived, implemented and evaluated in higher education research.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted a scoping literature review on research articles and chapters investigating the use of LinkedIn for careers and employability learning. The authors conducted a systematic database search and screened the results, resulting in 30 eligible studies. Each study was analysed for research characteristics, theoretical foundations, reported affordances or outcomes and critical concerns.FindingsThe authors find little evidence of cohesion or consistency in the existing research. Studies draw on different theoretical and methodological approaches and use different measures of networking behaviours and competencies. Studies tend not to consider ethical concerns about using LinkedIn as a pedagogical tool.Practical implicationsThe authors argue this is not yet a body of research that supports the synthesis necessary for a reliable evidence base. The authors recommend that educators employing LinkedIn in the curriculum ground their work in more coherent, cohesive and integrated theories of careers and employability learning.Originality/valueThis review summarises a body of literature on the use of LinkedIn as a pedagogical tool for careers and employability learning in higher education. This review describes and critiques the beginnings of an evidence-base from which educators can further investigate how students can be supported to develop their online professional networking skills.

What about the books? Valuing students’ past library experiences

In 2019, the Utah State University Libraries’ first-year student orientation took an unexpected blow when it was made optional in the new student orientation program after being required for more than a decade. We want to make sure that students know about the resources available to them through their library at the beginning of their college careers, and this change felt devastating. In a strong push to prove our worth and gain some much-needed validation, we held focus groups with our first-year students to hear what they thought of their library and how the library orientation impacted them. Our secret motive was to reinstate the library workshop as a requirement for all first-year students. After doing our IRB diligence, we successfully recruited 48 students to participate and held four focus groups, two sessions with library orientation participants and two with nonparticipants.

Awakening Awareness and Application: Utilizing Guest Speeches and Reflective Learning to Teach Ethics in Marketing

There has been considerable debate on how to teach ethics within the marketing curriculum to accommodate the AACSB requirements requiring emphasis on ethical issues within the business curricula. Since introducing a separate course on marketing ethics has limited reach, we propose incorporating the ethical dimension through guest speeches and reflective learning in a mandatory Marketing course for all business majors. Through phenomenographic analysis of 121 student reflections, we report evidence supporting the effectiveness of this approach in significantly raising awareness of ethics in the marketing domain and in initiating the nurturing of ethical reasoning abilities in undergraduate business students early in their college careers. Students absorbed substantial amounts of knowledge at different levels and demonstrated significant cognitive processing within the revised Bloom’s taxonomy. Using this method to teach marketing ethics promotes awareness and application of ethical reasoning without compromising disciplinespecific instruction.

The Power of Mentoring Black CEGEP and University Students

Aim/Purpose: This article takes a deep dive into the positive and long-lasting effects of mentoring Black CEGEP and college students through an autoethnographic approach where I share my life experience relating to mentoring and representation. In my attempts to relate to and understand the educational pathways of Black students in Quebec and the United States, I conducted a deep dive into my educational journey since I have experience being a student in both education systems. Background: The hypothesis for this text is that Black persons who receive continuous mentoring throughout their CEGEP and college careers have a higher chance of graduating college and attending a graduate studies program than those who do not receive mentoring. Methodology: The use of autoethnography as a qualitative research method arose to create a connection between my educational experience, the state of many Black students in Quebec’s educational system and the possibility of what their lives could become if matched with caring mentors. The use of autoethnography allowed me to deeply self-reflect on the intersections between my educational pathway without and with mentoring and the current research findings regarding the trend of Black students who do not receive consistent mentoring. Findings: Regarding the educational pathway and experience of Black students in Montreal, there is a recurring theme—the lack of grace and communication of options for the future regarding Black students. This paper will deeply dive into the subject. Impact on Society: The power of mentoring has been linked to self-efficacy and retention. There are clear benefits to creating mentoring programs to help CEGEP and university students learn leadership skills, get acquainted with post-secondary education, and fall in love with the continuous journey of academic and personal growth and elevation.

PERFIL EPIDEMIOLÓGICO DE ATLETAS AMADORES EM FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DA CIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

ABSTRACT Introduction: Epidemiologic data about sports injuries among college athletes in Brazil is scarce. The aim of this study was to analyze the epidemiology of sports injuries in a single center. Methods: We interviewed 262 athletes from 10 different sports retrospectively about injuries sustained in their university careers and whose injuries sustained during one season were monitored prospectively. The characterization of the injuries included data on the location of the injury, type of injury, time of year, injury mechanism, and the moment of the injury during training or a game. Results: In the university history, the incidence of injuries was higher in men (81.5%) than in women (67.8%). Lower limb injuries were the most frequent both in the university history and the season. The sports with the highest injury rate for the season was handball (34.2%) and for the university history was basketball (80.8%). The main injury mechanism was non-contact. The months with the highest incidence of injuries were those at the beginning of the season (53.3%). The most frequent diagnoses were ligament injuries, followed by fractures. Both the presence of a previous injury in the same region and the practice of weight training were predictive factors for injury. Conclusion: College athletes at this center are more likely to suffer injuries during the first months of the season, especially in contact sports involving lower limbs. Level of Evidence III; Study of non-consecutive patients, without uniformly applied “gold” reference standard .

Reviewers of “The Edinburgh Review” in the First Third of the 19th Century: Touches to a Collective Portrait

In 1802, the first issue of the literary and critical magazine “The Edinburgh Review” was published. Detailed anonymous reviews quickly gained popularity among the reading public and provoked the appearance of similar reviews. At the same time, statesmen, scientists, writers and publicists were behind the publications. The founders of the new magazine were young Edinburgh lawyers F. Jeffrey, F. Horner, H. Brougham and the Anglican priest S. Smith. Most of the reviewers were Scots who studied at local universities, where their teachers were often prominent representatives of the Scottish Enlightenment. They attended scientific societies and clubs, sympathized with the Whigs, and pursued careers in law, politics, universities, and literature. Many were well acquainted with representatives of the political establishment, and some, like S. Smith, even had family ties with them. The reviewers were united by the bonds of long-term friendship, often common views on socio-political processes, as well as participation in various joint ventures in addition to book criticism. Although this did not cancel out possible disagreements, which, however, did not make the critics sworn enemies. These circumstances make it possible to see in the group of authors a kind of community, which is based on similar ideas and numerous social connections, in addition to the formal writing of reviews. The common features in the biographies of the founders of the review and its authors allow us to take a broader look at the social, political and cultural processes in Great Britain at the end of the 18th — first third of the 19th centuries.

El docente y galeno llamado Manolo Patricio Herrera

This article covers the university and professional career of the illustrious Manuel Patricio Herrera from Algeciras through the records of the three university courses he studied during the first half of the 20th century: Education, Physician’s assistant, and Medicine, in which he received his doctorate. These records are in the Archivo de la Universidad de Cádiz.

Learning from Round Test Scores: University Field Choices and Career Outcomes

Learning from Round Test Scores: University Field Choices and Career Outcomes

A Psychological Analysis of Persian Language and Literature Students’ Attitude and Motivation towards their Major and Career Prospects

One of the important goals of higher education is to train future specialists to meet the needs of society. Students’ deliberate and conscious choice of university major can be effective in achieving this goal. Also, students’ positive attitude towards their major and career prospects can enhance their motivation. The goal of this mixed-methods (quantitative-qualitative) study is to examine Persian language and literature students’ various forms of motivation and their attitudes towards their university major and career prospects. For this purpose, 200 Persian language and literature students at three educational levels (bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral) answered a questionnaire of attitudes towards the major and career prospects, together with three qualitative questions, that examined their views on benefits and obstacles in the field of Persian language and literature and analyzed their satisfaction with teachers’ teaching styles. The results of the study in light of the dual continuum model of motivation showed that students’ attitudes toward their major and future prospects are generally average. There was, however, a significant difference in different educational levels in terms of students’ attitudes. In other words, undergraduate students expressed positive attitudes, compared to doctoral students. This appears to bring about passive motivation among students and hamper their academic progress. Necessary measures should be implemented to change students’ attitudes as their motivation may turn into active or passive demotivation. To overcome these challenges, some amendments should be introduced: introducing more practical courses, implementing novel and effective teaching methods, running specialized entrepreneurship workshops and enhancing students’ research skills.

Digital vs. Traditional: Comparing Sales Students' Initial Post- College Career Search Preferences Before and After COVID-19

Digital vs. Traditional: Comparing Sales Students' Initial Post- College Career Search Preferences Before and After COVID-19

ИНФОРМАЦИОННО-ЦИФРОВАЯ СРЕДА СОДЕЙСТВИЯ ТРУДОУСТРОЙСТВУ ВЫПУСКНИКОВ ИНЖЕНЕРНОГО УНИВЕРСИТЕТА

The increasing importance of engineering education in Russian state policy has created new requirements for the training of engineers. To prepare engineering personnel, universities must utilize the potential of industry, competence-based, student-oriented approaches, and traditions. The positive potential of engineering education is essential for controlling the quality of student training. One significant aspect of the development of engineering education is the improvement of the system for promoting the employment of university graduates. This article discusses the system for promoting graduate employment and examines university career centers. A career center is a department at a university that provides comprehensive support to students in promoting employment and career development. The purpose of these centers is to create and develop an effective system of interaction with enterprises and organizations in various forms of ownership to increase the competitiveness of university graduates in the global labor market. The information and digital environment at Tomsk Polytechnic University, which facilitates the employment of students and graduates, is presented as an example. Various information and digital tools and services are used for successful work. The business processes of specialists promoting the employment of students and graduates at Tomsk Polytechnic University are also discussed. In the process of facilitating graduate employment, the "Employment" information and software complex has been introduced, along with other digital tools. These resources help to ensure the effectiveness of the employment promotion process. Tomsk Polytechnic University pays significant attention to the digitalization of business processes related to facilitating graduate employment and the activities of career centers.

From the Editor

From the Editor Uwe Michael Lang Lord, I love you"—these were reported to be the last words of Pope Benedict XVI before he died on December 31, 2022.1 The words echo the threefold profession of faith the Apostle Peter made to the Risen Christ in John 21. Both Joseph Ratzinger's warm personal faith, which he had treasured since his childhood in Catholic Bavaria, and his profound theological work were animated by his friendship with Christ. It is no easy task to render justice to the immense legacy of Benedict XVI, whose lifework stands out in so many ways. In the first place, we must be truly grateful for his loving service to God and the Church, as a theologian and pastor. Having had the grace of knowing Joseph Ratzinger personally, I have always found it painful to see how a man of such gentleness, humility, and openness in listening to others was often met with anticipated hostility from the wider public, and with thinly veiled obstruction from some even inside the Catholic Church. So many assaults on him were personal, manifestly unjust, full of verbal abuse and intended to distract from the real reasons why the opinion makers of our time intensely disliked him. Joseph Ratzinger was a Catholic thinker who explained the faith in a luminous and attractive way and intelligently questioned the assumptions of the relativism that has dominated the public square in the Western world for some time and is now showing increasingly totalitarian features. Throughout his long life and ministry that led him to the See of Peter, he strove to put God first and ensure that Christ was at the [End Page 1] center of the Church's mission. Since his early years of formation, he found in the New Testament "the soul of all theology."2 As cardinal and pope, he challenged the hubris of historical-critical exegesis and called for a rediscovery of what it means to read the Bible in the tradition of the Church. In the three volumes of his work Jesus of Nazareth, written during his pontificate, Benedict XVI invited us to join his search for the face of Christ, which he has now completed. Even though his university career focused on fundamental and dogmatic theology, Joseph Ratzinger considered the liturgy central to his academic and pastoral work and hailed it as the "living element" of theology, "without which it would necessarily shrivel up."3 Divine worship brings us into the right relationship with God and with one another, and its true meaning and relevance far exceed the actual liturgical celebration. As Joseph Ratzinger concludes from his reading of the Exodus narrative: the worship to which the people of Israel—and, by extension, all the nations—are called "embraces the ordering of the whole of human life."4 Joseph Ratzinger lived and worked at a time when the form and expression of the Church's faith in the sacred liturgy had become a highly controversial topic. As a theologian and bishop, he did not shrink from entering this contested arena with admirable lucidity. He was convinced that infelicitous choices have been made in the actual implementation of the sound principles of the Second Vatican Council's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy. With his election to the See of Peter, Benedict XVI found himself in a position to shape the future of the Catholic liturgy, a position he could only approach with misgivings, because he strongly held that genuine liturgical renewal does not happen by decrees and instructions. Instead, he [End Page 2] intended to create favorable conditions and open perspectives for an "organic" development of the liturgy that would avoid the discontinuity that had done so much damage to Catholic ritual in the post-conciliar period. The Society for Catholic Liturgy is indebted in a particular way to the liturgical vision of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI. Authentic liturgical renewal needs to be grounded in scholarship that is academically rigorous, faithful to the Church's perennial teaching, and guided by charity. The various activities of the Society, above all its annual conference and its journal Antiphon, promote such scholarship in the service of liturgical formation. It is rewarding...

“Paduans” among the ranks of the professors at the University of Krak ów in the early years of elective monarchy in Poland

The author analyses the career and academic work of those distinguished professors at the University of Krakow who studied in Padua in the age of first elective monarchs (from the 1570s to ca. mid-17th century). One of the key questions in the article is to what extent the Paduan stage of education influenced the university career and intellectual culture of the Polish academics. More broadly, the author tries to indicate future research prospects of the studies on the implications of the University of Krakow professors’ Paduan background.

PREPARACIONES ALIMENTARIAS CON MAYOR Y CON MENOR CONTENIDO DE (NaCl): MOTIVOS DE ELECCIÓN Y EMOCIONES RELACIONADAS SEGÚN ESTUDIANTES UNIVERSITARIOS. ESTUDIO TRANSVERSAL CUALI-CUANTITATIVO

Introduction: Excess sodium has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The objective was to study the reasons for choosing and the emotions related to foods with higher and lower salt content (NaCl) in students of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) Methodology: Quali-quantitative observational study. Four Focus Groups (GF) were carried out with students of careers related and not related to Health, and a survey with the Check All That Apply (CATA) methodology aimed at students of university careers related to Health. Results: In the GFs carried out to identify reasons for choosing meals, important factors were considered as: "health, nutritional value and natural content", "price and accessibility in shops", "weight control", "convenience in preparation", "mood", "appearance, pleasant packaging, and well-known brand", and "sensory appeal". The factor "low sodium content in preparations" was not considered important. In the GFs carried out to identify emotions associated with food preparations with higher and lower salt content (NaCl), positive emotions predominated over negative and neutral ones. The preparations with higher salt content elicited more negative emotions in the GF of Health-related students. In the CATA responses (health-related students), the ham and cheese pie / empanadas and sandwich were characterized by reasons of convenience in preparation and higher salt content. The chicken sandwich and the vegetable pie / empanadas were associated with health and nutritional value (including lower salt content). Conclusion: The characterizations made by the students related to Health on these preparations are of interest and open the question of what will be the description of university students not related to Health careers. Funded by UBACYT research grant 20020170100502BA. Key words: food; sodium; emotions; students.

Healthy Lifestyle Habits Among Students at the University of Seville, Spain

Background: There is a growing interest in the study of healthy lifestyles due to their innumerable benefits. Several studies have shown that students tend to adopt less healthy lifestyles at the beginning of their university careers. This study explored the perceptions of undergraduate students at the University of Seville, Spain, about their lifestyle habits. Methods: The study design was a descriptive survey, and a specially designed questionnaire was administered to a sample of 1.478 students. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis using SPSS software, version 27. Results: The surveyed students considered that they have healthy lifestyle habits, although with some weaknesses in the development of certain habits, which were exacerbated during exam periods. Men reported better sleep and physical activity habits than women, while women considered their diet to be healthier (P=0.001). It was further found that healthier lifestyle habits depend on the education level of the mother (P=0.001). Conclusion: It can be concluded that it is important to implement educational policies aimed at promoting and advising students on healthy lifestyle habits. Such policies would be especially useful before the start of exam periods when certain habits began to deteriorate.

Mihailo Konstantinović (1897–1982): pravnik koji je obeležio jednu epohu

The article provides a biographical overview of the life and work of Mihailo Konstantinović, professor at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law and corresponding member of the Yugoslav Academy of Arts and Sciences. This contribution covers his education, university and scientific career, political engagement, work on legislation and in professional associations. The article reflects on the contribution of Mihailo Konstantinović to Serbian legislation and jurisprudence and the recognition he deserved, as well as on the controversies of his life and work, concluding that a more detailed study of his character and work is undoubtedly necessary.