The truth is that employers have been complaining about M.B.A. writing skills for more than ten years now. And not just M.B.As. But the problem is not that writing and communication skills are “difficult skills to teach,” as the article suggests. I think this kind of claim comes from a panacea view of writing instruction:Continue reading “Yes, Employers Still Want Writing Skills…”
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What Employers Say about College Graduates’ Job Preparedness
Many of the debates surrounding higher education in the United States today result from tensions between expectations for colleges to provide a traditional university education with expectations for colleges to prepare students for the job market. In other words, colleges and universities are caught between the need to provide what is truly higher education with the need toContinue reading “What Employers Say about College Graduates’ Job Preparedness”
The Philosophy of Contemporary Song 