Faculty/Staff Resources

• 21 faculty and staff participants across Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences
• Faculty-led career readiness activities piloted in CAS courses during the academic year
• Practices shared across departments and campus partners to expand reach

The Career Leaders Fellowship is designed to:

• Align teaching and programming with employer-identified competencies and expectations
• Establish a shared, CAS-wide language for career readiness and skill development
• Elevate and make more visible the career preparation already occurring in CAS classrooms
• Build sustainable faculty capacity through a train-the-trainer model

Fall 2025 - Capacity Building and Planning

• Participation in three workshops led by the Director of Career Readiness from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)
• Development of course or program-level proposals to integrate NACE competencies into teaching and learning

Winter 2026 - Implementation and Early Assessment

• Pilot implementation of proposed strategies in CAS courses and programs
• Presentation of preliminary outcomes and reflections to CAS leadership, including department heads, deans, and associate deans
• Submission of instructional materials and documentation

Spring 2026 - Knowledge Sharing and Dissemination

• Presentation of Fellowship projects at the Liberal Arts Summit to a broader campus audience
• Refinement of instructional materials by the CAS CareerLab team for inclusion in a shared repository

Summer 2026 and Beyond - Sustainability and Scale

• Planning of future NACE trainings in collaboration with CAS leadership and advisors
• Annual continuation of the Fellowship to expand faculty participation and maintain momentum

• Career preparation is built into the classroom, not limited to optional workshops or appointments.
• Students practice identifying and describing skills employers value
• Career language becomes part of everyday academic learning, starting early and reinforced across courses

By working with faculty, the Career Leaders Fellowship expands access to career preparation and helps students connect their liberal arts education to future goals.

Faculty participants are integrating career readiness into coursework in creative and discipline-specific ways, including:

• Using skill reflection tools at the beginning and end of courses to help students name what they’ve learned
• Incorporating career competencies into capstone projects and experiential learning courses
• Normalizing professional practices, such as attending office hours or setting goals as part of student success
• Embedding career exploration into First-Year Interest Group (FIG) courses

Together, these efforts help students better understand the real-world value of their CAS education while keeping learning grounded in each discipline.