Browsing by Author "Kopko, Elizabeth"

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    Matching Talents to Careers: From Self-directed to Guided Pathways
    Bailey, Thomas R.; Belfield, Clive; Jenkins, Davis; Kopko, Elizabeth (American Enterprise Institute, 2015-08-04)
    College plays an important role in connecting students with jobs and careers. Individuals with college degrees are on average able to secure higher paying, higher status jobs than are those with no college credential or even some college. Students do bring to college innate aptitudes, tastes, and temperaments that may make them better suited to certain careers than to others. Yet, the experience of college is intended to help them not only build on their talents in ways that will enable them to advance in the labor market, but also explore career options and develop interests that will help them determine what occupations they want to work in. This article examines the matching process between students and college programs or majors.
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    Why Do Some Community College Students Use Institutional Resources Differently Than Others in Program Selection and Planning?
    Kopko, Elizabeth; Ramos, Marisol; Merchur Karp, Melinda (Community College Research Center Teachers College, Columbia University, 2018-03-01)
    A growing number of institutions undertaking “guided pathways” reforms are rethinking how students select programs of study, choose courses, and make other program-related choices. The City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) has been undertaking a guided pathways reform effort for several years. Based largely on student interviews, this paper describes how degree-seeking students at CCC make choices about their programs in their first year of enrollment, focusing especially on how they interact with advisors and how they use college-based resources in program selection and program planning.