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UCI Launches Coaching Service for Continuing Education Students
The University of California Irvine's Division of Continuing Education (UCI DCE) is launching a new career
coaching service for students that combines both digital and live
components. The
coaching service is being started in conjunction with InsideTrack at the same
time the university begins its UCI+One program, intended to help recent
graduates find their career paths.
InsideTrack is a company that
combines professional coaching, technology and data analytics to help
students balance their academic
work with all of the other responsibilities in their lives — personal
and
professional. As part of the coaching process, students get one-on-one
meetings
and have e-mail and text communication with professional InsideTrack
coaches. They
also can access self-service content on the company's uCoach web and
mobile
platform.
The
platform sends students introductory e-mails and texts
directing them to the web and mobile apps, where they can learn about
how
coaches can help them, and schedule a meeting with one.
The coaching
service is now available to the more than 15,000
students enrolled in UC Irvine's DCE and UCI+One programs. Next year,
the
service will be expanded to all UCI alumni.
"With
today's complex, ever-changing job market, UCI DCE takes
very seriously our commitment to our students and alumni to support
them in
building a successful and rewarding career," said Gary Matkin, UCI dean
of
continuing education, distance learning and summer session.
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