Summertime is always exciting! It’s vacation time for students and educators — and it’s the time of the year when we release new or improved features to our products. At the end of this month, we’re excited to release the following:
Category Archives: News & Events
Earth Day Quiz!
Earth Day is April 22. Test your knowledge of careers that work to protect the Earth! Read more…
Celebrating CTE Teachers
Career and technical education (CTE) teachers help get today’s students into shape for tomorrow’s jobs. Educators say the need for CTE teachers will continue to rise to meet the demand for workers with the right skills.
Love and Careers: A Quiz
“Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” — Confucius
XAP’s products place a lot of emphasis on finding a career path that students will love by connecting their skills and interests to possible careers. And, because sustaining love takes some work, we give them the tools to make those plans a reality.
But students can also learn a lot on our sites about the careers that make love happen. In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’ve assembled a quick quiz on romantic careers. You can find out more about each of these careers in our career planning products.
Case Study: XAP’s Career Pathways Work in Colorado
XAP’s current Career Pathways Initiative is a collaboration with our clients at College In Colorado and the Colorado Workforce Development Council. We have posted a case study describing the legislated challenges faced by Colorado and how XAP is helping address the needs and meet the goals in the areas of outreach and marketing of career pathways for student and adult career exploration and planning.
To learn more about how XAP can help with your career pathway program objectives, contact XAP at 800-281-1168 to learn more about our innovative solutions.
XAP at the National Career Pathways Network Conference – Our Goals and Progress
XAP’s Chief Product Strategist, Don Phillips, is attending the National Career Pathways Network Annual Conference in Indianapolis this week. XAP is excited about our work with career pathways and the opportunity to learn more and share our ideas at the conference. We asked Don to put together a blog entry explaining what we’re working on. Look for Don at Booth 37 at the conference!
While the concept of career pathways has existing for a long time, numerous national and regional economic and social realities have made career pathways even more relevant and important today. Read more…
XAP at NACAC: How We Can Help with College Application Challenges
“May you live interesting times.”
You’ve probably heard that expression before – it’s often credited as being a Chinese curse. However, researchers haven’t been able to find any evidence to support this, and, like many often-quoted expressions, there is some debate on the Internet about its origins.
One thing is certain: “interesting times” can be both a blessing and a curse. It all depends on how we respond! Just consider today’s postsecondary landscape. As we will hear repeatedly at NACAC’s national conference from September 22-24, today’s campuses face a lot of “interesting” challenges when students apply, including rapidly increasing demands for training in new fields, a greater emphasis on accountability, and financial concerns for both students and institutions. Read more…
Helping Students Meet Their Goals
Do you have goals for the new school year?
That was the question we asked students using our Choices360 site last week – and the results were impressive! A full 80 percent of students said they were starting the academic year with some goals in mind. Read more…
The New Skills For Youth Initiative, Sponsored by JPMorgan Chase & Co.
This year, a multi-disciplinary team of organizations created a new initiative which aims to create opportunities for economic success for those without high school degrees, and those who have graduated but do not have sufficient skills to begin a meaningful career. The New Skills For Youth (NSFY) program was created by the Council of Chief State School Officers, National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium and Education Strategy Group, and is funded by JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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