The Chronicle of Higher Education posted an interesting article by Kelly Field, "How Colleges Help Find Purpose in Their Work," on September 2, 2018. Field focused on Bates College and other liberal-arts colleges seeking to clarify the connections between classroom and career, and to prepare students for lives of meaningful work.
You can also read an earlier Small College Garden post on Bates College and their concept of Purposeful Work from Wednesday, May 23, 2018, Preparing for the Future: Purposeful Work and a New Science Building at Bates College.
More recent post by Natalie Schwartz at Education Dive on April 15, 2019, How one small college helps its students find 'purposeful work'
ReplyDeleteBates College President Clayton Spencer discusses the link between college and a meaningful career, as well as the future of the liberal arts.