Two recent articles in University Affairs’s Prof vs Prof debate whether universities should align their curricula with the labour market. In the argument against, Mazen Maurice Guirguis (Kwantlen Polytechnic University) asserts that a focus on economic and professional outcomes overly narrows the scope for defining a university’s impact on society. In the argument for, Matthew McKean (Business + Higher Education Roundtable) and Valerie Walker (BHER) encourage universities to instead consider alignment with the labour market as “making sure every student has the chance to connect what they learn to the futures they hope to build, deliberately and by design.”
University Affairs (Against)
| University Affairs (In Favour)
