Consider the Opportunity to Engage on One Page

CU Boulder embeds you in a global research and creative community making discoveries, enriching lives and creating the future. We encourage you to consider participation in the research and creative community as an opportunity for experiential learning that builds in-demand job skills while preparing you for the future of work. Engagement in experiential learning activities involves much more than technical knowledge and skills. Relational abilities, such as communication and leadership, are valuable transferable skills practiced in working on projects and align to in-demand job skills often difficult to see on a school transcript. You also have the ability to define yourself with "signature work" that shows employers unique aspects of your profile.

The Future is Learning

Engagement in research and creative work builds skills uniquely suited for the rapidly changing future of work, which is expected to value self-directed learning as well as critical and creative thinking. Attending a comprehensive research university like CU Boulder provides the opportunity to develop these skills in collaboration with the global community of academics and professionals driving many of these changes.

Benefits of Engagement

“More than 80 percent of employers expect students to have strong skills in communication, problem solving, and critical thinking; and more than 90 percent of employers think these skills are more valuable than a student’s specific major."

Position Paper: Recognizing Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, & Creative Inquiry as a Career-Readiness Tool