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Casey Fenton

Judith Butler Honorary Doctorate Address at McGill University - 0 views

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  • Casey Fenton on 12 Jun 13
     
    "The Humanities give us the opportunity to read across languages, cultures, and times to understand different perspectives in and on this world."
Casey Fenton

Why Businesses Prefer a Liberal Arts Education - 0 views

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    What do American businesses want from their college hires? According to a new survey, creative thinkers and better communicators-both of which are said to be in short supply.
Chris Long

Struggling to Launch - Next - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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  • But some of the most innovative ideas for helping recent graduates find work are coming from a sector that has long felt uncomfortable with the concept of preparing their students for jobs: liberal-arts colleges.
  • Many colleges have ramped up their career offices in recent years, but too many still view career planning and placement as a service primarily for juniors and seniors and distinct from the academic functions of the institution.
  • He refers to this period as a college’s 10-year “zone of impact,” which includes the year before college, the four years of undergraduate studies, and five years after college.
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  • When Carol E. Quillen, president of Davidson College, met with a small group of successful alumni last year in New York, they told her they would hire a Davidson graduate three years out of college, but not a year out of college. She learned that new graduates needed more exposure to the real world of work, to “try out the talents we claim to be cultivating before they are on the job market.”
  • the college plans to create a one-year, postgraduate experience where students will work in nonprofit organizations, either closely with the leader or on a strategic project, in order to further develop their skills. Davidson is still working out the financial models, but Quillen said these will be paid positions, with the college subsidizing some of the costs.
Chris Long

Wealth or Waste? Rethinking the Value of a Business Major - Yahoo! Finance - 0 views

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  • The biggest complaint: The undergraduate degrees focus too much on the nuts and bolts of finance and accounting and don't develop enough critical thinking and problem-solving skills through long essays, in-class debates and other hallmarks of liberal-arts courses.
  • Companies say they need flexible thinkers with innovative ideas and a broad knowledge base derived from exposure to multiple disciplines. And while most recruiters don't outright avoid business majors, companies in consulting, technology and even finance say they're looking for candidates with a broader academic background.
  • Doug Guthrie, dean of the George Washington University School of Business, is planning to draw on expertise in the university's psychology and philosophy departments to teach business ethics and he'll seek help from the engineering program to address sustainability.
Sam Loewner

A Tech-Happy Professor Reboots After Hearing His Teaching Advice Isn't Working - 0 views

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    As we know, the person using the tools is more important than the tools themselves.
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