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

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