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Universities failing to produce graduates with employable skills, Really?
Are college graduates underdeveloped in skills necessary for them to be productive and promotable employees? Employers list leadership, teamwork, decision-making, communication and critical thinking as some of the skills graduate students are lacking. Moreover, employers are holding higher education as the responsible party for these skill gaps. Are universities failing to produce students with employable skills or are universities not doing a good job of helping students to demonstrate their proficiencies in these areas? In this roundtable, the discussion will focus on management educators’ responsibility and methods or tools that educators can provide students with to showcase these employable skills.