CCWT hosts and offers a variety of speaking engagements related to improving career outcomes for students! This page is a searchable repository for all of CCWT’s recorded events.
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Redefining Success: When Students in College Transition Programs Choose to Leave – Dr. Mun Yuk Chin & Dr. Moi Padilla
November 2023
This webinar re-examines dominant assumptions of student success and the methods we use to support students who are contemplating leaving college.
Keywords: College students, transition, attrition, student success, Early Career Scholar, Early Career Scholars
The College to Workforce Transition for Immigrant Origin Latino/a Young Adults – Vanessa Delgado
September 2023
Children of immigrants now make up a significant proportion of young adults who pursue college degrees; however, we know very little about their transition from college to the workforce. In this webinar, Dr. Delgadol explored how college-educated immigrant-origin Latino/a young adults transitioned into the world of work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Longitudinal qualitative data to underscores how immigration policies, COVID-19, education-occupation mismatches, and low socioeconomic origins complicate the workforce transitions for college-educated Latinos/as. Implications of the research and practical solutions were discussed.
Keywords: Immigrant, origin, transition, career development, college students, workforce, Latina, Latino, Latinx, policies, Early Career Scholar, Early Career Scholars
Advancing Community Cultural Wealth: Engaging with Asset-Based Frameworks – Trevor McCray
August 2023
In this 60-minute introductory workshop, Dr. Trevor McCray guides participants through various asset-based frameworks, including CCWT’s own research in Community Cultural Wealth, how CCWT utilizes asset-based frameworks, and tools that will help participants implement the concept in their own work.
Teaching Transferable Skills in College Classrooms: A Cultural Scripts Approach – Matthew Hora
May 2023
The dominant “soft skills” and career readiness discourses do not adequately address the types of skills, instruction, and guidance our students need to thrive in their careers. Learn how to teach critical transferable skills to college students using a cultural approach to teaching and learning in this February workshop video from Dr. Matthew T. Hora of UW–Madison’s Center for Research on College-Workforce Transition (CCWT).