“Enough with the ‘Soft Skills’ Already! Let’s Embrace the ‘Both/And'”
Bridget G. Trogden • Associate Dean for Engagement & General Education in Division of Undergraduate Studies and Professor in Department of Engineering and Science Education • Clemson University • Clemson, SC
Kristin Walker-Donnelly • Director of Assessment in Division of Student Affairs and Visiting Professor in the College of Education • Clemson University • Clemson, SC
April 19, 2023
Does anyone feel good about using the phrase “soft skills” to describe learning that is essential to professional success, to say nothing of a healthy democracy. Trogden and Walker-Donnelly make the case for a new term that could get us away from the wrong end of a bad binary opposition. Read more >