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Direct linkCoplin, Bill – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2004
This article discusses the importance of acquiring skills in college to prepare students for the work force. The author describes how college students lack the skills and character needed to succeed. They might take statistics in college and score A's on tests of abstract problem-solving, but they cannot set up a bar graph to display real-world…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Job Skills, Employment Potential, Skill Development
