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The Fort Wayne Falcon Alumni E-Newsletter: December 2015, Taylor University Fort Wayne

TUFW Alumni Publications (All)

The December 2015 edition of The Fort Wayne Falcon, published by Fort Wayne Alumni & Friends Resource Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The Fort Wayne Falcon Alumni E-Newsletter: October 2015, Taylor University Fort Wayne

TUFW Alumni Publications (All)

The October 2015 edition of The Fort Wayne Falcon, published by Fort Wayne Alumni & Friends Resource Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The Fort Wayne Falcon Alumni E-Newsletter: September 2015, Taylor University Fort Wayne

TUFW Alumni Publications (All)

The September 2015 edition of The Fort Wayne Falcon, published by Fort Wayne Alumni & Friends Resource Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The Fort Wayne Falcon Alumni E-Newsletter: May 2015, Taylor University Fort Wayne

TUFW Alumni Publications (All)

The May 2015 edition of The Fort Wayne Falcon, published by Fort Wayne Alumni & Friends Resource Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The Fort Wayne Falcon Alumni E-Newsletter: April 2015, Taylor University Fort Wayne

TUFW Alumni Publications (All)

The April 2015 edition of The Fort Wayne Falcon, published by Fort Wayne Alumni & Friends Resource Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The Value Of A Four-Year Degree Is Increasing, John J. Petillo

SHU Faculty Publications

The value of a four-year college degree has never been greater. This is particularly true for graduates in comparison to their peers who have lower levels of education.

The globalized job market is hyper-competitive, and a four-year degree is increasingly a base requirement that’s necessary just to get your foot in the door for an interview. Millennials recognize this reality since a third of them hold at least a bachelor’s degree. This makes them the best-educated generation in history.

A college education enriches not only the person who receives it, but society overall. We must never forget that an informed …

The Fort Wayne Falcon Alumni E-Newsletter: February 2015, Taylor University Fort Wayne

TUFW Alumni Publications (All)

The February 2015 edition of The Fort Wayne Falcon, published by Fort Wayne Alumni & Friends Resource Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Humanities Unbound: Supporting Careers And Scholarship Beyond The Tenure Track, Katina Rogers

Publications and Research

As humanities scholars increasingly recognize the value of public engagement, and as the proportion of tenure-track faculty positions available continues to decline, many humanities programs are focusing renewed attention on equipping graduate students for careers as scholars both within and beyond academe. To support those efforts, the Scholarly Communication Institute has carried out a study investigating perceptions about career preparation provided by humanities graduate programs. The survey results help to create a more solid foundation on which to base curricular reform and new initiatives by moving the conversation about varied career paths from anecdote to data. The findings make it …

How Women’S College Student Involvement Contributes To Their Career Aspirations And Navigation For Success In Technology Startup Organizations, Heather Doshay

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between women’s (co)curricular student involvement in college and their career outcomes in technology startups. This study focused on the ways in which past student involvement shaped women’s future career aspirations and helped them navigate their present career situations to achieve success. The study extended Astin’s Student Involvement Theory by considering how student involvement impacted career outcomes.

The qualitative methodology incorporated nine semi-structured interviews with recent college graduates turned professional women in startups working in the San Francisco Bay Area. The interviews were transcribed and coded for themes and analyzed using …