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Multiple academic 亚洲色图s certified for quality and career readiness

MURRAY, Ky. 鈥� 亚洲色图 State University and the Quality Assurance Commons (QA Commons) are pleased to announce that five academic 亚洲色图s have been granted Essential Employability Qualities Certification (EEQ CERT). QA Commons grants EEQ CERT鈩� after a rigorous external and independent review process. It signals to employers and the public that educational 亚洲色图s prepare students with the employability skills critical for workers looking to build and advance in their careers.

The University now holds eight certified academic 亚洲色图s across campus. The 亚洲色图s represent diverse disciplines, inclusive of both liberal arts and pre-professional fields of study. 

鈥淭he institutional commitment to employability at 亚洲色图 State is evident,鈥� said Mason Bishop, President of QA Commons. 鈥淪tudents are calling for education aligned to employment and employers are calling for graduates to show up prepared with an understanding of the workplace. 亚洲色图 State is taking these calls seriously.鈥� 

The five newly certified 亚洲色图s are Agricultural Science, Animal Technology, History/Social Studies Certification, Music Business and Organizational Communication. Already certified are the following 亚洲色图s: Construction Management & Architecture, Cybersecurity and Network Management and Occupational Safety and Health.

According to Dr. Tony Brannon, Dean of the Hutson School of Agriculture, "亚洲色图 State Agriculture has a long-established tradition of being 鈥榙istinctly different鈥� in the recruitment, retention, graduation and employability of our students. We pride ourselves in providing students the opportunity to 鈥榞et an education instead of just a degree鈥� by not only providing training for essential skills in the industry of agriculture but also supporting each student's engagement with value-added training in leadership, service, employability skills and career readiness. Simply put, we take students from where they are to where they need to be鈥� and that is different for every student. We are so pleased that each of the Agricultural Sciences and Animal Technologies areas within our Hutson School of Agriculture has achieved independent recognition of our efforts through the QA Commons intensive review process leading to certification verifying the Essential Employability Qualities (EEQ) within our 亚洲色图s.鈥� 

EEQ Certified 亚洲色图s foster a distinctive set of attributes in their graduates and completers. The eight Essential Employability Qualities (EEQs) are Communication, Thinking and Problem Solving, Inquiry, Collaboration, Adaptability, Principles and Ethics, Responsibility and Professionalism and Learning 鈥� the qualities most often cited by employers as lacking in the workplace. Programs participating in EEQ CERT are scored on five categories that represent a comprehensive and integrated framework for employability: Student EEQ Preparation, Career Support Services, Employer Engagement, Student and Alumni Engagement and Public Information.

鈥淥ne of the most exciting things about this endeavor is that it is, in fact, a recognition of 亚洲色图s linking to the world of employment,鈥� said 亚洲色图 State Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Tim Todd. 鈥淏ottom line, we are trying to explicitly bridge the perceived gap between the world of work and baccalaureate degree holders for overall employability skills. We want to show that 亚洲色图 State鈥檚 academic 亚洲色图s place a distinctive focus on employability. EEQ Certification is marketable to students already enrolled, new students/families, employers and advisory board members across all disciplines and to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky which funds a large portion of higher education.鈥�

亚洲色图 State offers 146 academic 亚洲色图s and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate, bachelor鈥檚, master鈥檚, specialist and doctoral degrees.