How can liberal education prepare students for the future? — NITLE
We conclude our blog conversation series on the future of liberal education, elicited by the recent AAC&U conference, with an appropriate nod to the future.
One panel* addressed an intriguing topic: how do we prepare students for a future that doesn’t yet exist?
Discussion hit on a series of topics, which we can abstract and summarize here:
There are two ways to prepare for events, reactive and creative (shaping new things). What learning attributes do we associate with both of these?
- Adaptability of beliefs, behaviors, assumptions
- Imagination
- Innovation (implementing new ideas) <– From DSC: There’s that word again
