Why a liberal arts core curriculum? The employer’s perspective A forum for students, faculty, staff and the public November 20, 2014.

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Why a liberal arts core curriculum? The employer’s perspective A forum for students, faculty, staff and the public November 20, 2014

How about if I just take courses in my major?

Results of a 2013 AACU survey of executives at profit and non-profit employers with 25 or more employees (n=318) survey/presentation

What kinds of skills?

Why these skills? Accounting, conducting a background check, typesetting a text, measuring a chemical, building a motor…those are useful skills! Yes, they are…in particular times and places

BUT the economy and the world are changing, and you will have to change with it… Some jobs won’t even exist in 20 years and new jobs will get created Need to develop skills that can be applied across domains Ask boundary spanning questions (see the big picture, transfer) Solve big problems (technical knowledge + see possibilities + team building) Communicate with people outside your field (speak and write persuasively, no matter who your audience is) Figure out how the skills in accounting, conducting a background check, typesetting a text, measuring a chemical, building a motor can be transferred to novel settings

Knowledge and skills In general education courses, you gain knowledge and develop skills.

Skills You develop skills by doing – You can learn a lot by listening, watching, observing… – But you have to practice, engage, make mistakes, solve problems (anticipated and unanticipated), ask questions, seek answers, parse information, organize data and ideas, communicate, teach in order to develop the skills employers seek You are not like an empty vessel to be filled. You are like a muscle to be toned.

Skills At WOU, what do we do in general education that develops skills at: Connecting choices and actions to ethical decisions Teamwork/collaboration in diverse group settings Innovation/creativity Locating, organizing, evaluating info from multiple sources Applying knowledge/skills to real world settings Effective written communication Effective oral communication Analyzing/solving complex problems Critical thinking/analytical reasoning What could we do? Which of the above might be most important? What should we focus on?