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Effects of the Decline in Social Capital on College Graduates' Soft Skills
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Andreas, Sarah – Industry and Higher Education, 2018
Both businesses and recent college graduates in the United States attribute the lack of soft skills in recent college graduates to the colleges' inability to prepare students for the workforce. This article explores the literature on social capital, human capital and social learning theory, offering an alternative hypothesis for why recent…
Descriptors: Social Capital, College Graduates, Labor Force Development, Interpersonal Competence