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title: The Impact of College on Career-Readiness
description: AAC&U recently surveyed over 1,000 executives and hiring managers on their views of the impact a college education makes on recent graduate students.
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# [The Impact of College on Career-Readiness](https://learn.givepulse.com/events/blog/the-impact-of-college-on-career-readiness)

 Written by [GivePulse Team](https://learn.givepulse.com/events/blog/author/givepulse-team) | Dec 13, 2023 5:24:17 PM

Published by AAC&U

AAC&U recently surveyed over 1,000 executives and hiring managers on their views of the impact a college education makes on students entering the workforce and how community engagement and service-learning experiences play into career readiness where 7 out of 10 employers said that they would be much more likely to hire someone who was involved in an internship, work-study, o leadership position in college. 

[Download the full report.](https://dgmg81phhvh63.cloudfront.net/content/user-photos/Research/PDFs/AACU-2023-Employer-Report.pdf)

[View full post](https://learn.givepulse.com/events/blog/the-impact-of-college-on-career-readiness)

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