The goals of the presentation will be to identify on-campus student employment as a major predictor of student success, share a practical model for use at peer universities, and generate discourse on ways on-campus student employment strategies at large, metropolitan, research universities can be implemented at our other institutions.
In their proposal submission, Newhouse Bacheller and Motley indicated that in a review of USF’s peer institutions, almost all institutions have a de-centralized process for student employment. At many of these institutions, students, both undergraduate and graduate, are directed to multiple places on campus to find and apply for available jobs. This complicated process takes the student away from their academic and social integration efforts and creates unnecessary frustration and anxiety. In addition, most jobs reviewed on these campuses, and at USF, are general office support positions. Some institutions have more career-focused opportunities and these will be presented as best practices.
Cynthia Newhouse Bacheller is currently leading a student success initiative housed within the Division of Human Resources to centralize, enhance, and increase on-campus student employment opportunities at the University of South Florida. Ashley Motley is the Student and Employer Relations Coordinator at the University of South Florida.
