It is really helpful to have all these ideas listed in one place, thank you.
I am involved in running a scheme similar to Year Here (Think Ahead) and have occasionally wondered if a similar scheme for EA would be worthwhile. Programmes like ours and Teach for America, Teach First, Frontline, Police Now etc. have proven extremely effective at attracting talented people into particular career paths. I haven’t devoted much time/thought into how one might design something like this for the very diffuse career path of “being an EA”, but I would be up for exploring it if anyone is interested.
I also think intervening further “upstream” in the graduate career trajectory, while students are still at university, could also pay off. I am dimly aware that there are already efforts underway here such as EA societies at universities. I have put some thought into how one might restructure the university experience more fundamentally so that courses themselves, and the general university ethos/community, gave people the understanding, motivation, and skills to pursue EA careers. But I’m unsure whether this would be the most cost-effective way to achieve the desired outcomes.
It is really helpful to have all these ideas listed in one place, thank you.
I am involved in running a scheme similar to Year Here (Think Ahead) and have occasionally wondered if a similar scheme for EA would be worthwhile. Programmes like ours and Teach for America, Teach First, Frontline, Police Now etc. have proven extremely effective at attracting talented people into particular career paths. I haven’t devoted much time/thought into how one might design something like this for the very diffuse career path of “being an EA”, but I would be up for exploring it if anyone is interested.
I also think intervening further “upstream” in the graduate career trajectory, while students are still at university, could also pay off. I am dimly aware that there are already efforts underway here such as EA societies at universities. I have put some thought into how one might restructure the university experience more fundamentally so that courses themselves, and the general university ethos/community, gave people the understanding, motivation, and skills to pursue EA careers. But I’m unsure whether this would be the most cost-effective way to achieve the desired outcomes.
Thanks again.