MoN, this has been a hot topic socially among faculty for over a decade. Post-secondary educators were pretty savvy, IMO, to that particular shift in thinking the moment that "partnerships with industry" and "certificate programs" started becoming major buzzwords outside of engineering fields, back in the late 90's.

We knew what it meant. But administrators only saw $$, and told us that we were just Ivory Tower Snobs who didn't care about our students and their "real world needs for marketable skills."

I think it's increasingly obvious that this shift has done NOTHING to benefit students (and the alums they become), but much to help employers heave much of the burden of training off onto applicants.


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.