Bowdoin's mandatory job training reduces student stress
At Bowdoin College, sophomores are required to attend a job-training “boot camp,” which gives them skills, career options and peace of mind. When Solomon Aborbie was a sophomore at Bowdoin College in Maine, he had only a faint understanding of what he wanted to do with his life—or even what his options were. His mother and father, immigrants from Ghana, had worked in grocery stores and factories, so those were the jobs he knew the most about. “By the time I got to Bowdoin, I had no clue there were other jobs out there,” he recalled. “I thought everyone who worked at JPMorgan was a ...
Source: insidehighered.com