Where does the responsibility lie for colleges and universities to become more aggressive in aiding students in their job search?

I do believe that too many college students participate in internships expecting to gain fulltime employment in these companies and/or industries. However, that is a great way to get a good start, but- an internship is not a guarantee for a full time position.

My concern and where the bigger problem lies is the lack of support and problem solving that the majority of college and university's career service centers provide to these soon to be graduate who are entering the work force. According to Forbes.com "With the federal debt at $16.7 trillion, student loan debts measure at 6% of the overall national debt," (Denhart, C., August, 7). Why can't the career services and individual departments re-do their internship requirements and job placement assists be more proactive and effective?

  More Questions and concerns for higher education:

·         Schools need to drop any deadline students have to participate in internship programs.

·         Have all majors attend networking events with professionals in their field (not just career fairs).

·         Maybe schools can work with (outside) recruiters so that soon to be graduates can have a higher rate of job placement success?

·         Evaluate staff. What works? What doesn't work? Hire new staff? Train and recruit during the summer months.  

·         Make sure the careers services centers get accurate information on graduation (job placement) stats.

·         When there is an improvement from to year write a press release for the new school year, to show off hard work. However, make changes to get to that point.

·         Do schools need to reevaluate and redo their mission statement when students enter as freshmen to prove support for a life and a career after college instead of advocating for study abroad and 5 year M.A. programs (either of which assist in job placement)?

Too many parents are paying an unfair amount of money for tuition and students are taking out way to many loans and not seeing desired results.

What if there was an article written by the press (a publication, NY Times, L.A. Times, or a statement made by a network, NBC or CBS) regarding this issue? How would they respond or act?