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How Can Employers Help Students Prepare for Their Careers? 6 Answers From a Top Corporate Leader

By  Goldie Blumenstyk
May 22, 2019

Wes Bush, chairman of Northrop Grumman, answers key questions about the role employers should — and shouldn’t — play in helping students prepare for careers. What are the key skills graduates need? Why should colleges work with employers? Where are the boundaries between what employers want and what colleges do? For more, purchase a copy of a report on those issues in the Chronicle Store.

How do colleges and employers connect with each other?

Why should colleges work with employers?

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Wes Bush, chairman of Northrop Grumman, answers key questions about the role employers should — and shouldn’t — play in helping students prepare for careers. What are the key skills graduates need? Why should colleges work with employers? Where are the boundaries between what employers want and what colleges do? For more, purchase a copy of a report on those issues in the Chronicle Store.

How do colleges and employers connect with each other?

Why should colleges work with employers?

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What about the concern that employers may intrude too much?

What skills should college graduates have?

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How might business improve career planning for students?

What is the right role for business in developing career-ready graduates?

Goldie Blumenstyk writes about the intersection of business and higher education. Check out www.goldieblumenstyk.com for information on her book about the higher-education crisis; follow her on Twitter @GoldieStandard; subscribe to her weekly newsletter, The Edge; or email her at goldie@chronicle.com.

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Teaching & LearningLeadership & Governance
Goldie Blumenstyk
The veteran reporter Goldie Blumenstyk writes a weekly newsletter, The Edge, about the people, ideas, and trends changing higher education. Find her on Twitter @GoldieStandard. She is also the author of the bestselling book American Higher Education in Crisis? What Everyone Needs to Know.
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