Statistics and Analytics Students Success in the Work Place: Role of Analytical/Statistics/Computer Based Academics

In this session presenters, along with the audience will explore the relationship between how we assess student’s overall academic performance with post graduate employment skills identified by employers as insufficient or... [ view full abstract ]

In this session presenters, along with the audience will explore the relationship between how we assess student’s overall academic performance with post graduate employment skills identified by employers as insufficient or lacking. Every year thousands of Business graduates are employed for their first professional job. Most graduates believe that because of their earned diploma they have the necessary combination of technical, analytical, and interpersonal skills to succeed in the work place. In an article written by Jonathan Berr and published in MoneyWatch (5/7/2016) a survey released by PayScale (76,000 participants) stated the following:

• Approximately 90% of all graduates considered themselves well prepared
• One-half of hiring managers considered graduates prepared
• Sixty percent of all companies said new graduates lacked the following skills; critical thinking (56%), attention to detail (56%), writing proficiency (44%), and public speaking (39%). ¹

Many of the classes we teach in our curriculum require the same set of skills that students think they have mastered and employers are clearly saying 40% to 50% are lacking. What are we doing in our classes to reinforce and assess these skills accurately? Are we teaching and assessing student achievement accurately with the way we award proficiency and exceptional academic success? Does faculty mislead students with a false sense of accomplishment the way we grade, accommodate excuses, behavior, and give multiple opportunities outside of an agreed upon deadline?