SERC TALKS: “Not All Skills Are Created Equal: Agility and Innovation in STEM Education”

This is the opening SERC Talk of the Fall 2022 series on “Innovating for STEM Readiness”. These talks are curated and will be moderated by Dr. William Rouse, SERC Research Council Member, Senior Fellow in the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.

Abstract

The post-pandemic higher education landscape is very different from the one I wrote about in my 2017 book Revolution in Higher Education. Battles over online education have faded, and new challenges have arisen. This webinar is an update on what has changed and why. Examples will be drawn from the recent Presidential announcement of debt forgiveness for student loans, the continued rise in college tuition, whether a college degree is still relevant, and how the sudden appearance of high-demand interdisciplinary skills change the very idea of academic credentials. It is fair to say that the revolution continues.

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