The New York Times Profiles Carleton Externship Program

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Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:14:14 +0000

From the New York Times article:

<<“A lot of great schools don’t prepare you for real life, there’s no professional development,” said Aleshia Mueller, who graduated from Carleton in 2001 and now runs Reel Nomad Productions, a media production company in Minneapolis.>>

I know that was meant to be a compliment about Carleton and other liberal arts schools, but it made me realize that these schools may need to do more about getting their graduates ready for the outside world.

I visited about 25 colleges with my son and daughter. Only Hamilton seemed to get this part correct. The admissions rep said that, immediately upon arriving on campus, Hamilton students are hooked up with the career placement office which works closely with them throughout their four years. The rep said that, as of December when we visited, 95 percent of the Class of 2009 was employed or going to graduate school. This sounded like a pretty high percentage considering the dismal economy. (I have no idea what the percentage is for recent Carleton grads.)

If Carleton is doing the same thing as Hamilton, then I apologize for getting my facts wrong.