During the second part of the Innovation+Disruption symposium on May 5, the conversation turned to career services. From our May 8 report:
“Colgate’s Career Services, in partnership with 12 other liberal arts institutions, hosted a dynamic afternoon series of speakers, breakout sessions, and a panel discussion as part of the Innovation + Disruption symposium in New York City this week.”
The event attracted the interest of Wall Street Journal reporter Melissa Korn, who writes about the intersection of career services and higher education. Her article reports on how career services offices are being moved under universities’ development or advancement sections:
“Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y., moved its career office in 2012, as did Massachusetts-based Williams College. Scripps College in Claremont, Calif., will make the move July 1.”
As reported earlier, the switch helps Career Services fund summer internships. Colgate students often cannot afford to take unpaid or underpaid internships, even when the most rewarding opportunities fall into these categories.
This spring, 283 Colgate students requested $873,074 in internship support from the Center for Career Services Internship Fund. After awarding a record $467,835 to 167 students, the center still faced a shortfall of $405,239.
Mike Sciola, Colgate’s career services director, is quoted in the Wall Street Journal article about his office’s switch to advancement. The moved helped raise a large chunk of the $10 million goal to subsidize unpaid, low-paying or far-flung internships.
Like last summer, we’ll feature stories from current students’ internships.