Center for Economic Development
Career & Knowledge Pathways
in Higher Education
Levin College Research
Conference
August 20, 2015
Merissa C. Piazza
Marcus Notaro
Ziona Austrian
Center for Economic Development
Student Issues (Supply)
Employer Issues
(Demand)
• Understand the variety of
degrees applicable to
openings
STUDENT CAREER SPECTRUM
Clearly understand career intentions
General interest in topics/subjects
• Understand their interests
• Need help identifying careers
• Aware of Career intentions
• Need help identifying majors
to achieve goal
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Center for Economic Development
CSU’s Adaptations to the Career Pathway Framework
OBOR’s Career Pathway
Framework
Objective
Structure
CSU’s Career Pathway
Framework
• Establishes tangible paths to
guide students to a clearly
defined career outcome
• Establishes flexible career path to
bridge the gap between student
interest and careers
• Focuses on specific course
requirements to reach the
career outcome
• Focuses on the necessary
knowledge areas to reach the
career outcome
• Understand how academic majors
correlate to employer job
descriptions (job mismatch)
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Center for Economic Development
Structure of the Career Path Hierarchy
Career Field
(6)
1. Business, Management,
& Admin
2. Agriculture, Food, &
Natural Resources
3. Arts, Communication,
& Information Sys
4. Engineering, Mfg, &
Technology
5. Health Science
Technology
6. Human Services
Career Lines
(15)
• Group career choices
• Careers within common
fields or industries are
grouped within clusters
• Helps focus student’s
career interest
Career
Pathway
(77)
• Smaller groups of
occupations within a
career cluster
• Occupations share
common skills,
knowledge, and
interests
Occupation
(330)
• Scored against 33
“knowledge
descriptors”
• Represents higher
education majors
• Can appear across
multiple pathways,
clusters and career
fields
CSU’s framework uses O*NET’s knowledge descriptors as
an organizing principal (since they resemble majors)
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Center for Economic Development
Structure of the Human Service Hierarchy
Career Field
Career Line
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Occupations
Consumer Services
Counseling & Mental Health Services
Early Childhood Development & Services
Family & Community Services
Personal Care Services
• 39 Total
• 14 B.A.
• 25 M.A. +
• Administration & Administrative Support
• Teaching/Training
• Professional Support Service
• 71 Total
• 23 B.A.
• 48 M.A. +
Law, Public
Safety,
Corrections, &
Security
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Correction Services
Emergency & Fire Management Services
Law Enforcement Services
Legal Services
Security & Protection Services
• 17 Total
• 9 B.A.
• 8 M.A. +
Public Policy &
Governance
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Revenue & Taxation
Foreign Service
Governance
National Security
Planning
Regulation
• 61 Total
• 19 B.A.
• 42 M.A. +
Family Welfare
& Human
Services
Education
Training,
Counseling
Human
Services
Career Pathways
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Center for Economic Development
Education,
Training, & Counseling Occupations with Particular
Knowledge Descriptor among Top 5
English Language
Education and Training
Customer and Personal Service
Psychology
Computers and Electronics
Mathematics
Administration and Management
Sociology and Anthropology
Communications and Media
History and Archeology
Therapy and Counseling
Clerical
Law and Government
Philosophy and Theology
Biology
Geography
Physics
Public Safety and Security
Foreign Language
Medicine and Dentistry
Engineering and Technology
Personnel and Human Resources
Chemistry
Economics and Accounting
Fine Arts
Building and Construction
Design
Food Production
71
65
34
27
26
24
14
13
Knowledge Descriptors
10
8
8
8
6
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Knowledge Descriptors not in Top 5
Sales & Marketing; Transportation; Production & Processing; Mechanical; Telecommunications
70
80
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Center for Economic Development
Knowledge Descriptors
English Language
Education and Training
Customer and Personal Service
Psychology
Computers and Electronics
Mathematics
Administration and Management
Sociology and Anthropology
Communications and Media
Clerical
Therapy and Counseling
3.60
4.70
4.16
4.63 4.41 4.34
4.49
3.55 3.53 4.43
3.29
3.93
3.50
3.13
3.35
3.93
3.73
4.80
Child, Family, and
School Social Workers
Audiologists and
Audio-Visual
Multimedia Collections
Specialists
Archivists
Adult Basic and
Secondary Education
and Literacy Teachers
Adapted Physical
Education Specialists
Occupations
Occupations
4.40
3.65
4.50
4.45
3.73
Knowledge
Descriptor
Score (1 to 5)
4.70
3.30
4.10
4.55
Knowledge
Descriptors
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Center for Economic Development
Structure of the Career Path Hierarchy
Career Field
Career Lines
Career
Pathway
Occupation
• The Center for Economic Development formulated this framework
to help the Office of Engagement and Career Services in their work
with students and employers
• This framework will allow CSU to better assist students in bridging
the gap between student interest and career opportunities
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