Student Success courseware & assessments
For 25 years, business education, FYE, academic advising, career services, TRIO and Gear Up programs have trusted Career Key courseware and assessments to strengthen,
Enrollment and recruitment
Retention
Career readiness through professional development
Short, meaningful career, major and postgrad exploration assignments students actually complete
From First Year to senior year, we help you prepare your students to thrive in accelerating change.
Read about the launch of our new courseware on the PathAdvisor blog!
Online Course Materials in your Campus Store via VitalSource®
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Now, you can add PathAdvisor digital access to any list of course materials students purchase in your online college bookstore.
Customization, Discounts and Faculty/Advisor Access to Student Data Available
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Enrich student and parent recruitment and enrollment experiences
Admissions, Enrollment Management
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With Career Key Discovery, you can offer prospective students a short, personalized match to your majors, meta-majors, and related careers. Right from the start, students find the “fit” that will reinforce their connection to your programs and community. Parents notice your commitment to their child’s long-term academic success and career well-being.
We help you focus your time on the students who benefit the most and give you visibility and tools for follow up including personalized recommendations for programs that fit their personality, interests and values. Students win by choosing a great program fit and you win with a head start on retention.
Offer short, self-guided major and career exploration
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With Career Key Discovery, you can offer students a short, holistic way to explore career, major and meta-major fit at your institution. It includes a ten-minute, scientifically valid career interest inventory based on Holland’s Theory of Career Choice and a four-step decision-making guide.
Research shows this personality-interest fit predicts higher grades, persistence in a major, and on-time graduation rates.
Identify at risk students, do more with less
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Career Key’s online, self-guided Career Decision Profile (CDP) provides rapid insights into student career decision needs. Measuring three dimensions of career decision status, this five-minute, reliable and valid assessment identifies individual needs and barriers, estimates service levels, and recommends practical action steps to both student and advisor.
Measure your program impact
Built-in pre/post research tool
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Measure how your program impacts student decision needs - how is what you are doing "moving the needle?" Use the Career Decision Profile to take snapshots of how students are feeling about where they are on their career journey.
Exclusive to PathAdvisor, the Career Decision Profile®
This short career readiness measure will help you get to know your students better, faster. They make progress in decision making and advisors gain insights to prioritize and tailor students’ support.
Case Studies - Career Key in Action
High School to Postsecondary Transitions
DOWNLOAD Kansas State University Case Study
Professional development course for first- and second-year college students
DOWNLOAD University Career Services Case Study
First generation college students, TRIO
DOWNLOAD Union County College Case Study
DOWNLOAD Enterprise State Community College TRIO Case Study
Perkins V, Gear Up and TRIO Grants
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Why College Major Fit Matters
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