College-graduate employees who, while in college, participated in real-world learning and felt mentored are more likely to be engaged workers, according to a Gallup-Purdue index.
Fifty-nine percent who held a meaningful internship or job, took on a long-term project and actively participated in extracurricular activities are engaged at work, compared to 30 percent without those experiences. Unfortunately, few students strongly agree that they had these experiences—less than 3 in 10 college-graduate employees described having a meaningful internship or job in college. The type of institution they attended—public or private, selective or open—had little impact on employee engagement, although for-profit school attendance did seem to negatively impact engagement.
Associate degree earners are equally likely to be engaged employees as bachelor’s degree earners, but much less likely to cite experiential learning opportunities.
Work-based learning is critical to helping students gain workplace skills that will benefit their careers and make them valuable to their employers.
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