Career-Ready Education: Beyond the Skills Gap
| Beyond the Skills Gap, Tools and Tactics for an Evolving Economy |
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Considerable shares of today's employers say recent college graduates lack problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills, according to PayScale's Workforce Skills Preparedness Report. However, you can modify academic programs to increase employability without dismantling educational models or compromising principles.
The Chronicle's report, "Career-Ready Education," moves past the definitions of the skills gap and the accompanying blame game to explore the forces driving change and the challenges ahead. It explores how to restructure academic programs to innovate from within, ways to collaborate with employers, and how to alleviate some of the barriers graduates face when starting their careers.
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Purchase your copy and gain insight into:
Building effective relationships between employers and colleges How to adapt to emerging trends in hiring and credentials Ways to structure academic programs to foster employability
Strategies for evaluating innovative partnership opportunities |
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