Higher Education and Employability

New Models for Integrating Study and Work

by Peter J. Stokes

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Pub Date Aug 11 2015 | Archive Date Sep 15 2015

Harvard Education Press

Business, Leadership, Finance | Nonfiction (Adult)

Description

Incisive and practical, Higher Education and Employability makes a crucial contribution to the current reassessment of higher education in the United States by focusing on how colleges and universities can collaborate with businesses in order to serve the educational and professional interests of their students. This book includes a series of case studies of universities that have developed ambitious collaborative programs—Northeastern University, New York University, and the Georgia Institute of Technology—and surveys the full range of current partnerships.

Incisive and practical, Higher Education and Employability makes a crucial contribution to the current reassessment of higher education in the United States by focusing on how colleges and...

Advance Praise

Peter Stokes has written an insightful analysis of the way forward in American higher education. Rather than adding to the many dire predictions about higher education, Stokes describes a new breed of research universities that boldly combines general education with career readiness in their graduates. Higher Education and Employability should be required reading for every university leader seeking a sustainable model for the future. — Marie A. Cini, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, University of Maryland University College