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DataUMaking Herstory at TXST With Haleigh Blocker, Football Director of OpsHow did Haleigh Blocker break into the hyper-male field of football, and what career advice does she have for other women wanting to do the same? Hear her story from Texas State University and her rise from small town athlete to big time role model.
2022-04-2111 minDataUStudent Stories: GSU's Bronson Slattery Leads Panthers to Wall Street, the WorldAmbition has a new voice. It's cultivating pathways from Georgia State University to Wall Street to the world. It's Gen-Z, and it's leading the workforce of the future. Hear Bronson Slattery's story from his senior year at Georgia State and through the lens of a Student Ambassador.
2022-04-1531 minDataUInside the Data: Our CTO's Biggest Surprises, Trends and Workforce PredictionsOur resident Data Scientist and Chief Technology Officer, Sébastien Arnaud, shares the most surprising insights he has found in our data, how we develop our university rankings and trends, plus, his predictions for shifts in our data as the workforce continues to change.
2022-03-2520 minDataUMarch Madness: Why Your Odds of a Career in Basketball are Better Than 1 in 9.2 QuintillionMarch Madness is packed with stats, so we pulled a few of our own to analyze career outcomes for the top 20 universities with the most players on 2021-22 NBA opening day rosters according to this list from the NCAA. We also investigated why Kinesiology and Physiology degrees are a great way to break into the field of sports entertainment from a different type of career trajectory. Read the full report here.
2022-03-1509 minDataUBeyond Velcro and Tang: The Real Reason We Need Research Universities, With IRISFor Jason Owen-Smith, Executive Director of the Institute for Research on Innovation & Science (IRIS), it's about our future and the public good. Listen to his take on why research universities are a form of social insurance and valuable to our entire nation, beyond Velcro and Tang.
2022-03-0129 minDataUThe 2021 College Student Career Engagement ReportCollege students need a modern career center willing to shift and meet the needs of the modern student. So how are universities doing? We looked into our database of student users to find out exactly how engaged students were with career exploration and development in 2021. Here are our findings.
2022-02-2417 minDataUDataU Live! Normalizing Data for Student-Centric Success in 2022We took our podcast to the virtual streets to talk directly to our audience about what higher ed is up against in 2022 and how to solve new challenges with data, including the microcredential boom, the skills gap and the isolation of Career Services.
2022-02-1640 minDataUUW Explains Why Street Cred, Branding Matter for Career Centers in 2022Major doesn't equal career. Gail Cornelius, Engineering Career Center Director at the University of Washington, comes to higher ed from 17 years at Boeing. Her experience gives her street cred and the desire to give back to an industry she loves by putting homegrown talent into the system. She explains why brand management is critical for the entire ecosystem from students to career centers to employers.
2022-02-0124 minDataUHow Data Drives Cultural Fluency, DEI at OUNot everyone experiences university life the same. Storytelling through data allows different perspectives to come to life. Data tells the story of how to recruit, retain, progress and promote. The reality is that data also dictates dollars. Dr. Belinda Higgs Hyppolite, VP for Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Oklahoma, shares why diversity is not our problem but our promise for a better future.
2022-01-2522 minDataU3 Things Your Gen Z Students Wish You KnewUniversities aren't doing a good job communicating with their students. It's why students don't visit their career centers. It's why new grads don't have the right skills. It's why alumni giving is down and university leadership can't excite their audiences. Justin Nguyen, founder of Declassified Media, is urging universities to listen to their students, but until they do, he shares three things your Gen Z students wish you knew.
2022-01-1819 minDataUData Culture: How Sustainable Is Your Institution's Biggest Asset?As more low-cost degree programs, microcredentials and digital certifications emerge, the more choice learners have. Institutions must shift to an outcome-based strategy to meet the needs of the modern workforce. How? Build a sustainable culture of data at your institution. Dr. Adam Ross Nelson, instructor in statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, shares his step-by-step strategy.
2022-01-1024 minDataUThe Happiness Measurement: How Hospitality Defines, Evolves Success at FAUDr. Peter Ricci, Director of Hospitality and Tourism at Florida Atlantic University, measures the success of his students by asking: Where do you land and are you happy? He talks about the evolution of hospitality and the strength of the industry to adapt and survive.
2022-01-0332 minDataUOn the Border: Recognizing Intersecting Identities at NMSUDr. Patrick Turner, Associate Provost for Student Success at New Mexico State University, shares how their student success initiatives support traditional students with nontraditional responsibilities. He explains the danger of mistaking a sense of welcoming for a sense of belonging and why Hispanic-Serving Institutions need to be held more accountable.
2021-12-1531 minDataUIs Higher Ed Responsible for the Skills Gap?The nature of work is changing. What is the impact, and who is responsible for the skills gap: students, educators or employers? Steppingblocks believes it is all three. Join us for a conversation with our founder and CEO, Carlo Martinez, as we talk about the skills gap and how higher ed is being held more accountable than ever based on the availability of data-driven evidence to understand shifts in demand.
2021-12-0720 minDataUMaking Career Services Mission Critical at Wake Forest UniversityEight years after Andy Chan, Vice President of Innovation and Career Development at Wake Forest University, gave a TEDx Presentation titled "Career Services Must Die," he discusses the critical work that still needs to be done, how to educate the whole person and how to help students take ownership of their own lives.
2021-11-2534 minDataUHigher Ed's Serious Need for Sustainable Reform With Dr. Dhanfu ElstonDr. Dhanfu Elston, Chief of Staff and Senior VP for Strategy at Complete College America believes that higher education has a choice. Sustainable reform relies on participation from the classroom to the capitol and every system in between. Dr. Elston and CCA insist that equitable outcomes for students is a responsibility we share and can realize through policy, perspective and practice. He explains that true innovation for student success is scale. Listen in to learn how he's leading innovation for critical reform and opening his playbook for structural change.
2021-11-2418 minDataUMaking Education Work for All at CU DenverGoal One of the 2030 Strategic Plan at the University of Colorado Denver is to become the nation's first equity-serving institution. Goal Two is to become known as a university for life. Both are working to catalyze social mobility and provide a diverse workforce for the future. We sat down with CU Denver's Senior Vice Chancellor for Strategic Enrollment & Student Success, Dr. Monique Snowden, to learn more.
2021-11-1021 minDataUHow to Diagnosis Post-Graduation Health With DataPaden Goldsmith, Assistant Director of Strategic Data Analysis at Florida International University, shares how FIU monitors the health of their graduates using outcomes data to illustrate employment, salary and outlook. On the flip side, Paden explains how they use the same tracking to uncover weaknesses and inform interventions to help current students.
2021-11-0417 minDataUCybersecurity Outlook: Supercharge Your Skillset Like This Cyber Risk ConsultantThe Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts cybersecurity jobs will grow 33 percent by 2029. On top of faster than average job growth, the median pay is higher than the national average making cybersecurity an extremely attractive field to break into. So what’s causing the shortage? We'll talk to Brandon Anthony, a recent graduate from the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) who earned his degree at the height of the pandemic while working in the field. Today, he's a Cyber Risk Consultant at Coalfire.
2021-10-3015 minDataUClosing the Analytics Talent GapEmployers are facing a critical shortage of skilled data analysts, and universities are dealing with unforeseen challenges of providing learning through application for data science and analytics. Dr. Jennifer Priestley from Kennesaw State University demonstrates how to bridge the gap with context from her book co-authored by Dr. Robert McGrath from the University of New Hampshire.
2021-10-2748 min
DataUTop 10 Hispanic-Serving InstitutionsHispanic-Serving Institutions enroll two-thirds of all Latinx undergrads. Here are the top 10 making the biggest impact for their students and alumni based on career outcomes, diversity grade and overall student success.
2021-10-2109 min
Declassified College Podcast | College Advice That Isn't Boringa few realistic business ideas for college students | entrepreneur advice with Sam Evans, Blade Taylor, and Maxim KraftSign up for Steppingblocks for free here (First 100 get free access): https://app.steppingblocks.com/signup?insToken=ST5853279
Ideas are great, execution is better.
Starting a business is all about execution and these 3 guys started all started their businesses while in college.
In this episode you will hear from:
Sam Evans - Founder of You Call We Haul
Blade Taylor - Founder of 3DXtremes
Maxim Kraft - Co-Founder of Tour
2020-11-0700 min