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(How) Are we teaching Marketable Skills in our Introductory History Courses?

Explore the importance of teaching marketable skills in introductory history courses and how it can benefit students in their future careers. Leverage existing efforts and align with industry expectations to develop career-relevant education.

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(How) Are we teaching Marketable Skills in our Introductory History Courses?

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  1. (How) Are we teaching Marketable Skills in our Introductory History Courses?

  2. What are Marketable Skills? • “Skills valued by employers that can be applied in a variety of work settings, including interpersonal, cognitive, and applied skill areas. These skills can be either primary or complementary to a major and are acquired by students through education, including curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities.” • “The marketable skills goal challenges institutions to go further” than outcomes “and think explicitly about the job skills students learn within their programs, so that students can articulate those skills to potential employers. Knowing the job skills they are learning may also motivate students to complete their degrees when they see how their coursework will benefit them in the workplace.” • We need to “leverage existing efforts (e.g., the Liberal Education and America’s Promise – LEAP – initiative) to ensure that marketable skills are addressed in every program. (p.22)” • Texas Higher Education Strategic Plan: 2015–2030 (60X30TX)

  3. Fulfilling the American Dream: Liberal Education and the Future of Work Key findings from surveys of business executives and hiring managers conducted May-June 2018 Conducted on behalf of with support from https://www.aacu.org/public-opinion-research

  4. The learning priorities that executives and hiring managers value most highly cut across majors. Very Important* Skills for Recent College Graduates We Are Hiring 85% in 2014 81% in 2014 81% in 2014 83% in 2014 82% in 2014 80% in 2014 * 8-10 ratings on a 0-to-10 scale; 15 outcomes tested

  5. Executives and hiring managers rank several other learning outcomes as only slightly less important. Very Important* Skills for Recent College Graduates We Are Hiring 68% in 2014 70% in 2014 56% in 2014 65% in 2014 60% in 2014 56% in 2014 23% in 2014 * 8-10 ratings on a 0-to-10 scale; 15 outcomes tested

  6. Applied and project-based learning experiences, particularly internships or apprentice experiences, give recent college graduates an edge with both employer audiences. Would be MUCH More Likely to Hire Recent Grad with this Experience Much/somewhatmore likely 93%94% 72%83% 82%72% 81%81% 80%76% 71%78% 54%47%

  7. Career-Relevant Education Linked to Student Well-Being 2018 Strada-Gallup Alumni Survey MENTORING COLLEGE STUDENTS TO SUCCESS

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