Student career readiness

Critical thinking 

Identify the assumptions that frame thinking and analyze them for accuracy, validity, and limitations. 

Curiosity   

Value and learn from diverse cultures, races, ages, genders, sexual orientations, religions, and other human differences.  

Inquiry 

Approach information with curiosity and critically by questioning, including questioning validity, relevance, and reliability 

Problem-solving  

Use logic and reasoning to evaluate alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches. 

Evaluation  

Consider the relative virtues and drawbacks of potential actions to choose and justify a contextually appropriate decision. 

Data literacy 

Use data-informed reasoning to propose and evaluate solutions 

Information literacy and critique 

Identify, apply, and evaluate sources of information, including identifying misinformation, using judgment, and weighing sources. 

Adaptability and flexibility 

Adapt to differing contexts, personalities, and tasks.  

Idea generation 

Generate unique ideas and interpretations or adapt them to new settings. 

Originality and creative thinking 

Devise unusual or imaginative ideas about a topic or situation. 

Design 

Challenge existing methods, norms, structures with constructive alternatives 

Conflict management & resolution 

Employ healthy responses which include active listening, perspective-taking, and inclusion of opposing views; actively seek resolution that works for all parties involved. 

Relationship-building  

Build mutually rewarding relationships with colleagues and partners to work effectively toward common goals 

Social perceptiveness 

Attend to others' reactions and adapt your behavior in response. 

Dependability 

Fulfill obligations by being reliable, responsible, and dependable, offering help as needed to achieve team goals. 

Open-mindedness  

Demonstrate openness and humility in interacting across cultural, demographic, and positional differences. 

Question-asking  

Fully attend to what others say, reflect on points or on critical feedback, and ask questions as appropriate. 

Care and compassion 

Exercise sensitivity to others and facilitate their processing of thoughts to devise their own solutions  

Compromise 

Present your most constructive, open-minded self in group settings in order to reach a common goal. 

Reflection 

Make meaning out of experiences, ideas, and contexts through thoughtful consideration, self-exploration, and discernment. 

Integrity  

Act responsibly and consistently with the interests of the larger community in mind. 

Self-regulation 

Be aware of and express emotions in ways that invite yourself and others to entertain alternative perspectives. 

Persistence & responsiveness 

Adapt to experience of difficulty or critical feedback by reflecting carefully and making appropriate behavioral adjustments. 

Goal-setting and action planning  

Manage your own time to align with priorities. 

Self-motivation 

Take responsibility for your own learning with little supervision. 

Stress management 

Be aware of stressors and areas of concern and demonstrate appropriate help-seeking behavior. 

Values articulation 

Show awareness of own values and articulate why they matter to you.

Passion & pride in work 

Review, revise, and complete tasks thoroughly and carefully, with a high level of dedication toward your work. 

Lifelong learning 

Actively seek and embrace development opportunities. 

Advocacy 

Acknowledge the harm of systemic and personal racism, affirm the experiences of marginalized communities, and act to dismantle racist systems and practices. 

Sustainable change 

Engage with community members in the shared responsibility for social change. 

Cultural humility 

Seek global cross-cultural interactions and experiences that enhance one’s understanding of people from different backgrounds and that lead to personal growth. 

Recognition of racist behaviors & systems 

Recognize systems of privilege and inequity that limit opportunities for members of historically marginalized communities; understand how these systems came to be and the conditions that have maintained them. 

Constructive engagement around race and racism  

Engage in anti-racist practices that actively challenge racist systems, structures, and policies; identify resources and eliminate barriers resulting from individual and systemic racism, inequities, and biases. 

Trustworthiness 

Demonstrate humility and awareness of the impact of one’s own power, privilege, and positionality.   

Community-building 

Engage with community members in the shared responsibility for social change. 

Verbal communication 

Present to or talk with others to convey information as appropriate for the needs of the audience. 

Writing 

Communicate effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. 

Negotiation and facilitation 

Facilitate dialogue to reconcile differences. 

Persuasion 

Present evidence and argumentation to encourage others to consider alternative positions.  

Instruction and learning 

Select and use learning methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. 

Transfer of learning 

Integrate new information with prior knowledge and experience and transfer it to new realms.