I think it is that that question around why would students come back to college as in physically come back onto campus and where is the benefit around. And I think that links into another trend which essentially is around the depreciation of the value of knowledge. We can access knowledge from our phones, from our laptops instantaneously. Universities occupy this position that they should be these pillars of trust that society can go to and rely upon In a world that's defined by huge levels of uncertainty.
Ciarán Dunne shares about the transformative power of transversal skills on episode 464 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
When students come back to campus, what are we offering them that they can’t get otherwise?
-Ciarán Dunne
How can we help students thrive in an unscripted world?
-Ciarán Dunne
Transversal skills are skills all students should have regardless of what program they are in.
-Ciarán Dunne