Given the high number of recent college grads who are without jobs, it's clear that our institutions of higher education need to change their educational approach. They must begin teaching students the vital skills that will allow them to meet the needs of potential employers, get hired, and hit the ground running when they graduate.
Our future graduates need higher education curriculum that's bursting at the seams with experiences that model and transfer the essential abilities demanded by every industry - including communication, collaboration, leadership, innovation, and problem solving. Students must gain classroom as well as practical experience in these areas so that they can contribute and thrive in a diverse, globally-centric environment.
This can be achieved in five ways:
- Competency-based assessment and degree structures must prevail and replace obsolete course models.
- Soft skills such as communication, collaboration, and leadership must be promoted, because without them, grads have will very low economic value to potential hirers.
- The pricing model for higher education must reflect graduation and employment results and be linked to by ROI (Return on Investment).
- Curriculum must be increasingly delivered in modules and clusters of value where course structures provide students with rapid exposure to relevant and challenging content that corresponds to their passions and career interest.
- Hybrid models that permit a more efficient, and in most cases, more effectivedelivery of curriculum must be made available for such disciplines as entertainment and creative media arts, engineering, information technology, and performance or practice-based disciplines. This strategy should gradually increase to other course areas, including business education. These enhancements will improve educational quality and reduce the overall expense of curriculum delivery.
Once these adjustments have been implemented, a number of benefits will accrue for students and their ultimate employers, including:
- Employers will start to differentiate between graduates who are prepared and those who aren't, and will depend less on college brand names to determine the worth of potential hires.
- Education and industry engagement will increase, resulting in more productive curriculum and more employment-ready graduates.
- Institutes of higher education that embrace competency-based, collaboration-driven, and employer-centric curriculum delivery models will be recognized by students and their employers for the value and innovation that they bring.
This institutional alignment of successful student preparation with the needs of prospective employers will yield better enrollments for the higher education providers; enhanced career opportunities for students; and better prepared, more productive, and more capable workforces for employers.
Our future graduates need higher education curriculum that's bursting at the seams with experiences that model and transfer the essential abilities demanded by every industry - including communication, collaboration, leadership, innovation, and problem solving. Students must gain classroom as well as practical experience in these areas so that they can contribute and thrive in a diverse, globally-centric environment.
This can be achieved in five ways:
- Competency-based assessment and degree structures must prevail and replace obsolete course models.
- Soft skills such as communication, collaboration, and leadership must be promoted, because without them, grads have will very low economic value to potential hirers.
- The pricing model for higher education must reflect graduation and employment results and be linked to by ROI (Return on Investment).
- Curriculum must be increasingly delivered in modules and clusters of value where course structures provide students with rapid exposure to relevant and challenging content that corresponds to their passions and career interest.
- Hybrid models that permit a more efficient, and in most cases, more effectivedelivery of curriculum must be made available for such disciplines as entertainment and creative media arts, engineering, information technology, and performance or practice-based disciplines. This strategy should gradually increase to other course areas, including business education. These enhancements will improve educational quality and reduce the overall expense of curriculum delivery.
Once these adjustments have been implemented, a number of benefits will accrue for students and their ultimate employers, including:
- Employers will start to differentiate between graduates who are prepared and those who aren't, and will depend less on college brand names to determine the worth of potential hires.
- Education and industry engagement will increase, resulting in more productive curriculum and more employment-ready graduates.
- Institutes of higher education that embrace competency-based, collaboration-driven, and employer-centric curriculum delivery models will be recognized by students and their employers for the value and innovation that they bring.
This institutional alignment of successful student preparation with the needs of prospective employers will yield better enrollments for the higher education providers; enhanced career opportunities for students; and better prepared, more productive, and more capable workforces for employers.
About the Author:
Scott McKinley is the President of SAE USA, a college that offers accredited degrees and diplomas in creative media education, including audio technology and music production. SAE USA has campuses in seven major markets across the country, including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Nashville, Chicago, Miami, and Atlanta.
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