404 - Departmental Management and Leadership Workshop. Lessons for Departments and Faculty from the Bachelors and Beyond Surveys: Suggestions for Enhancing Labor Market and Non-Labor Market Outcomes

Session Submission Type: Workshop

Abstract

Data gathering for the second NSF-funded, longitudinal Bachelor’s and Beyond surveys – tracing the experiences of a national cohort of 2012 sociology majors during and after their baccalaureate experience – has been completed. In this workshop we review key findings regarding the jobs sociology majors have obtained 18 months after their graduation and the strategies that are most likely to lead to career-type employment. In addition, we move beyond a discussion of the labor market outcomes of a college education to explore other ways in which college experiences affect graduates’ lives – including graduates’ satisfaction with their major, their living arrangements, and their civic participation. Workshop participants will be asked to share their experiences working with undergraduates to prepare them both for career success and for the development of meaningful personal and civic lives. We hope both to broaden the discussion of the impact of college on graduates and to prompt a useful exchange on the ways in which faculty and departments have been innovative in preparing students for a full range of meaningful adult experiences.

Sub Unit

• Departmental Workshop

Session Organizer

• Mary Scheuer Senter, Central Michigan University

Leader

• Mary Scheuer Senter, Central Michigan University

Co-Leaders

• Roberta M. Spalter-Roth, American Sociological Association

• Nicole V. Amaya, American Sociological Association