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What I Wish I Had Known

How Do We Best Prepare Graduates for the Changing Work Force?

By Carmen Mendoza October 29, 2019
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Responsive colleges are the ones that will survive continuing changes in the landscape of higher education, says Brian O. Hemphill, president of Radford University, in Virginia. “We have to make sure that we’re having great conversations with our faculty to look at how we’re approaching some of the changes and movements that are occurring,” he says.

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Responsive colleges are the ones that will survive continuing changes in the landscape of higher education, says Brian O. Hemphill, president of Radford University, in Virginia. “We have to make sure that we’re having great conversations with our faculty to look at how we’re approaching some of the changes and movements that are occurring,” he says.

Carmen Mendoza is a senior web producer. A video journalist, she tells stories about influential leaders in academe. Follow her on Twitter @cmendoza, or email her at carmen.mendoza@chronicle.com.

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