Public May Not Trust Higher Ed, but Employers Do; Inside Higher Ed, August 28, 2018

Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Inside Higher Ed; Public May Not Trust Higher Ed, but Employers Do

"A couple of the skills that both parties valued the most: effective oral communication and critical thinking.

But while 90 percent of managers, and 80 percent of executives, considered oral communication “very important” in their hiring, only 47 percent of the managers and 40 percent of the executives believe students are well prepared in this regard."