AI Curriculum Tools for B Schools to Teach Career Competencies
Integrate PathAdvisor - our AI enabled career readiness courseware - into gateway courses and professional development sequences to improve major fit, retention, and teach NACE competencies.
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Results That Speak for Themselves
Texas State University — McCoy College of Business
SCHOOL PROFILE
75th Best U.S. Public Undergraduate Business School (Poets & Quants). 4,200 undergraduate business students. 7 majors, 5 minors, 3 concentrations, 75 undergraduate majors campuswide.
THE CHALLENGE
Identify accurate major and career fits for large, diverse cohorts of first-year students. Boost career competencies across the college’s 3-year required professional development course sequence with 5–10 faculty teaching cohorts of 800–1,200 students.
RESULTS
Using PathAdvisor’s pre/post tools, Texas State measured the impact of its first-year course on 621 students:
30% of students felt more decided and/or comfortable with their academic and career direction
35% increased their self-clarity, including knowledge of their strengths, values, personality, and interests
27% increased their knowledge of careers and Texas State majors, minors, and concentrations
Retention impact: Students in the PathAdvisor course had a 6% major-change rate vs. 12% for the college and 14% for the university.
“By using PathAdvisor data, we’re able to work with the Student Success Center and meet student needs, especially those that have high academic or other needs so that we can refer students proactively to those services and support.”
Case Studies - Career Key in Action
Early Professional Development Courses
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Postsecondary Transitions
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First generation college students, TRIO
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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
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“At the end of the first semester [using Pathadvisor], 6% of the students in that class changed their major, compared to 12% for the college at large and 14% for the university at large.”
