In 2018, only 15% of executives and 13% of hiring managers express satisfaction with recent graduates' ability to apply the skills and knowledge they learned in college to complex problems in the workplace. Furthermore, only 34% of executives and significantly fewer hiring managers (25%) say that most recent graduates have the necessary skills and knowledge to advance or be promoted. (AACU, 2018)
This applied online program (fall, spring, summer) is designed to efficiently map ivy league coursework to in-demand skillsets: assisting students as they seek their next step. Up(skill)'s competitive advantage is its laser focus on career readiness, backed with the timelessness of the liberal arts in an online, work and family friendly format.
This program is designed for anyone looking to upskill, including:
Graduates who looking for ways to become more competitive in the job market
Individuals who have been recently laid off due to workforce reductions
Workers who are looking to revise or rebrand their skillset
Students will achieve the following learning objectives:
Develop strategies and skills to persuade specific audiences through verbal, visual, and written communication
Practice and apply critical thinking skills in the classroom and beyond
Explore competing schools of thought about leadership ethics
Learn how to use quantitative and quantitative data in decision-making and problem-solving
Analyze different audiences, scenarios, and contexts in order to shape your messaging
Develop effective rhetorical strategies and skills to persuade specific audiences"personal, professional, and social"through visual, written, and multimedia communication
Develop empathic and analytic skills to integrate and build upon other viewpoints and perspectives
Identify, develop and apply distinctive leadership traits and skills
Learn how readers, writers, and designers use complex multimedia texts incorporating language, image, sound, and gesture to produce a coherent, engaging message
Understanding how to make complex information accessible to audiences through effective visualization.

