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How universities can build new bridges to industry

University Business

With the world of continuing education evolving rapidly, universities have a unique opportunity to bridge education with industry needs. As workforce demands shift, higher education institutions must ensure professionals can upskill efficiently, meeting local labor market needs while driving economic mobility.

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Spring 2025 Graduate Student Mentoring Circles

CAPD

Looking to Connect with MIT Alumni? Are you hoping to get real-world career advice from MIT alumni this spring? Whether you’re exploring different career paths, curious about specific industries, or looking to expand your network, the Graduate Student Mentoring Circles are the perfect opportunity. Whats in it for you?

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Biotech boot camp at Villanova exposes students to career paths

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Villanova University took a new approach on translating major skills into career opportunities for students with its biotechnology boot camp, introducing learners to alumni and employers in a difficult-to-enter field. Alumni represented a variety of career levels, with younger graduates from the 2010s up to graduates from the 1980s.

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How to Build a University Social Media Strategy

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

From bright-eyed prospective students and nostalgic alumni to supportive parents and dedicated faculty, your institution’s entire community can be united through messages and experiences shared on social media. This platform tends to engage current and prospective students, as well as younger alumni, and drives significant interaction.

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Building a Meaningful Microcredential Program

Parchment

Can you help build that volume of alumni that will come work for us, that want to work for us, that want to learn more about our industry, our company. So that we created industry specific micro credentials and those are curriculum aligned. They came to us and said, you know, we’re a medical device industry.

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PhD & Postdoc Career Night draws over 200 participants

CAPD

On March 16, Career Advising and Professional Development hosted our first PhD & Postdoc Career Night. Our planning team conceptualized this event consisting of four PhD/postdoc alumni panels in the afternoon alongside an evening networking session featuring employers from a variety of different fields and organizations.

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A recap of the 2023-24 MIT Career Exploration Series

CAPD

The Career Exploration Series is an initiative led by Career Advising & Professional Development (CAPD) at MIT to promote career exploration throughout the fall and IAP for students and postdocs. 1,818 students, postdocs, and recent alumni attended the events. 1,635 during the fall and 183 during IAP.

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