Assistant Director for Career Communities
Boston University Center for Career Development, United States
Having graduated from college with no job and no prospects - only visiting the career center once - Noelle understands the underutilization of career services in higher ed. When she finally found her career footing, it was with a nonprofit – Bottom Line - that supports first-generation students along their path to degree attainment and a self-sustaining career. After 7 years of witnessing the barriers that exist for first-generation students to participate in high-impact practices while in college, she made the transition to Boston University to oversee internship funding programs that could potentially address come of these barriers. While she still manages these programs, she also manages staff who lead the career community model at Boston University’s Center for Career Development.
Over the course of her career, she has thought about several big questions related to data. What kinds of barriers exist for first-generation students to participate in high-impact practices while in college? What makes a meaningful internship experience? With limited resources and high need, how do we scale career development programming? How should we think about the tension between input and outcome in defining success? How should career development staff define success in their work? When she isn’t thinking about these questions, she’s busy learning a new Excel formula to insert into her next tracker.
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Beyond Headcounts: Using Cohort Flow Analysis to Understand Career Engagement
Thursday, June 26, 2025
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM EDT