As students, parents, and accreditors pay more attention in the measurable benefits of higher education, colleges step up their career services. Nichols College's four-semester Professional Development Seminar, for example, is mandatory. Sarah H. Petruzzelli (above), a senior, says it was one reason she transferred to Nichols. (Photograph by Avital Greener)

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