The Unpulled Lever

Conversations with the higher ed leaders actually acting on career outcomes. Presidents, chancellors, and the people rebuilding how schools get students hired, on what's working, what's stuck, and why. Hosted by Rod Danan. New episodes weekly.

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  E4 | Internships Beat Majors | Brandon Busteed, CEO, Edconic

  Aug 25, 202656 minS0

  <p>An internship matters more than a major for a graduate's odds of landing a good job. Brandon Busteed has the data to back that up.</p><p>Brandon is the CEO of Edconic and the former leader of Gallup's education and workforce practice. He helped build the Gallup-Purdue Index, a study of more than 100,000 college graduates that asked a question rankings still dodge: which college experiences actually lead to a good job and a good life?</p><p>In this episode, Brandon joins Rod Danan to explain the six experiences that double the odds of workplace engagement and wellbeing...

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  E3 | College Closures, Skills-Based Hiring & Elements of Suck | Michael Horn, Co-Host, Future U

  Aug 18, 202655 minS0

  <p>Michael Horn predicted in 2013 that a quarter of colleges would close. Fifteen percent already have. Now he says a fifth of private colleges will close or merge within ten years, and the schools left standing will win on one thing: whether they actually get their students hired.</p><p></p><p>In this episode, Michael Horn (co-host of Future U with Jeff Selingo, co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute, author of Job Moves and Choosing College) joins host Rod Danan to break down why skills-based hiring keeps failing, why 50 to 85 percent of jobs come through networks and not applications...

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  E2 | Why "Career Services Must Die" | Andy Chan, VP of Wake Forest

  Aug 11, 202649 minS0

  <p>Andy Chan, VP for Innovation and Career Development at Wake Forest University, joins Rod Danan to explain why more than 200 colleges have sent staff to study his office. They get into his 2013 TED talk "Career Services Must Die", why the boss matters more than the org chart, the ten-minute LinkedIn search that changed a writing class, curiosity conversations instead of networking, and what he'd fund first if he had to rebuild a career office from zero. The Unpulled Lever is an interview series on why schools don't act on career outcomes. New episodes every Tuesday.</p>

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  E1 | Get Students Hired or Close | Jason Altmire, CEO of CECU

  Aug 3, 202658 minS0

  <p>Jason Altmire, President and CEO of CECU and a former U.S. Congressman, joins Rod Danan to explain why career schools have been graded on job placement for years while most of higher ed never had to answer the same question. They dig into the new federal accountability law, the stigma that still follows for-profit schools, and what actually keeps a student enrolled through graduation. The Unpulled Lever is an interview series on why schools don't act on career outcomes. New episodes every two weeks.</p>

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