Advancing a Career-Ready Workforce by Integrating Assessment Strategies

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM EDT

Location: 120 B

Presenter(s)

Judith Anderson, MA

Director of Career Readiness
College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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Ascan Koerner, PhD (he/him/his)

Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives
College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, United States

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The College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota is advancing the career readiness of students using a competency framework. A core component are 10 assessment scales providing feedback to students about their competency development and informing strategies for institutional effectiveness and advancing a career ready graduate.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the theoretical conceptualization of competencies and their operationalizations and the importance of decision making about a method of assessment
Understand the critical importance of integrating competency development into the classroom utilizing approaches that have low barriers for faculty participation
Activate a data driven approach to the competency development of undergraduate students that provides students with actionable feedback that is tangible and allows students to retrieve similar to e-portfolios