RE: Question 2: Integrating Career Preparation

Yes all currcula should integrate career prep

All courses should blend both theory and application, both knowledge and the skill to apply that knowledge.  If done well, this approach increases academic achievement as students are inspied to learn as they see why they are learning the subject, exposes them to how academic or any subject can be used and exposes them to potential career opprtunities throughout their education (vs. 5 minutes before graduation).  In order to facilitate this approach, teachers, faculty, and professors need to spend time in fields that utlilize their subject as they prepare for teaching and on going after they enter teaching.