From College to Career: Connecting Student Participation in Work-Integrated Learning With Employment Outcomes

• In Event: Saturday Roundtable Session 1:15 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Investigating Outcomes and Trajectories From College to Postgraduate Opportunities (Table 22)

Abstract

Students come to college with expectations that their experiences will help them secure a career after graduation (Stolzenberg et al., 2020). Institutions offer work-integrated learning (WIL), which directly connects students’ coursework to future careers (Cooper et al., 2010). Extant literature provides evidence supporting a positive relationship between WIL and student success (i.e., Bist et al., 2020; Huber, 2010; Pascarella & Terenzini, 2005), as well as possible equity effects WIL activities can provide to traditionally underserved populations (Finley & McNair, 2013; Wyonch, 2020). Using inverse probability weighted regression adjustment (IPWRA), I examined the presence of a relationship between WIL and employment outcomes at a large public institution (n = 5,417), as well as possible moderating effects of first-generation or URM status.

Author

• Cassandra R. Kepple, Florida State University