QACommons

SERVICES

QA Commons tailors cost-effective solutions that expose all relevant stakeholders to its Employability Framework, empowering them to incorporate employability into educational programs, regardless of discipline.

QA Commons’ core offerings are centered on its Employability Framework, consisting of the eight EEQs and five standards of care. Additionally, QA Commons brings its expertise to existing projects, adapting strategy and design in order to achieve goals related to learners’ ability to succeed in a meaningful career.

Technical Assistance & Professional Development

QA Commons delivers a set of individualized technical assistance tools, such as workshops, academies, and individualized coaching focused on embedding Essential Employability Qualities (EEQs) into curricula, effectively engaging employers, and integrating the Employability Framework’s five standards of care.

Evaluation and Consulting

QA Commons assesses an organization’s current performance in delivering employability and career readiness services to determine gaps and prioritize needs and provides customized employability solutions and assistance around any of QA Commons’ Employability Standards, such as employer engagement and career support.

What People Are Saying.

“Workforce demand can lead some institutions to teach students the skills needed for today’s entry-level jobs. But those tools may well be obsolete five or ten years from now.”

2017 Chronicle of Higher Education

“Employers are telling us what they look for and need in their employees. [EEQ CERT] builds bridges from the classroom to the workplace to fulfill those needs, while adding significantly more value to the degrees our students earn by their ability to thrive in a rapidly changing workplace over the duration of their careers.”

Aaron Thompson, President, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education

“I feel like the students will be inspired to do better if we can get them to understand what these essential qualities are and what they mean for future employment.”

Program Director, EEQ Certified (Advanced Manufacturing Degree) Program

“EEQ CERT is valuable for programs across the board. It really pushes the program to take a look at the quality of the program and the skills they are teaching.”

Program Director, EEQ Certified (Medical Assisting Degree) Program

“While institutions have a responsibility to prepare students for careers, it is the faculty who have access and opportunity to fulfill that responsibility. The Faculty Fellows have built projects that maximize their voice, access, and opportunity to improve the academic experiences of students.”

Janna Vice, Director, the QA Commons (and Provost Emeritus, Eastern Kentucky University)

“It is an honor to be able to help other institutions/programs, and also learn from them. We are stronger together.”

2019-20 EEQ CERT Reviewer

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SERVICES

QA Commons tailors cost-effective solutions that expose all relevant stakeholders to its Employability Framework, empowering them to incorporate employability into educational programs, regardless of discipline.

Employability Exploration

Technical Assistance & Professional Development

Program Certification

EEQ Badging

Evaluation and Consulting

What People Are Saying.

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Our response to COVID19

SERVICES

QA Commons tailors cost-effective solutions that expose all relevant stakeholders to its Employability Framework, empowering them to incorporate employability into educational programs, regardless of discipline.

Employability Exploration

Technical Assistance & Professional Development

Program Certification

EEQ Badging

Evaluation and Consulting

What People Are Saying.

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