Employers cannot simply supply a problem and wait for talent or free labor to emerge. As Dan Silverburg of Propel K20 told Inside Higher Ed, employers should “fund and co-design the experiences they say they want, not just show up to advisory meetings.” High-quality partnerships require explicit learning goals, manageable scope, clear boundaries around how student work will be used and practitioners who provide appropriate supervision and meaningful feedback.

A strong university cannot leave the path from coursework to career to the luck of having someone who can help make the connections.

A career-connected architecture should help students build social capital. As technology makes it easier to apply for jobs—and easier for employers to screen applicants out—relationships and human connections may become even more important in making students visible to organizations.

The platform allows students to complete assessments of their skills—including hard-to-measure soft skills, like communication, resilience and ability to collaborate—and present them in a “skills-based transcript” they can present to employers,

Inside Higher Ed made factually incorrect statements about the state of university press publishing.