Liberal Education: A Pathway to Career and Life Success

October 3, 2013 Joseph DeSanto Jones Jennifer Dickson Dr. Richard P. Keeling Steve Neilson A. Christine Priori

Students, parents, and policymakers are increasingly demanding a better return on investment for a college education that translates directly into career and life success. In the minds of many critics and supporters of higher education, getting a job has become the ultimate measure of both student and institutional success in today's turbulent economic and employment climate. How should higher educationallallparticularly the student affairs professionrespond to this challenge?