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Teaching Soft Skills

Reading Time: < 1 minuteEmployability is a hot topic in education right now, and with good reason. The ultimate goal is for our students to have the skills to get and keep a job in...

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Peer-Tested Approaches to Teaching and Assessing Soft Skills

The topic of soft skills continues to be top of mind—and for good reason. We previously shared that our own recent study with Morning Consult found soft skills such as teamwork, leadership, detail orientation...

Are Students Career Ready: 4 Myths Debunked eBook cover and inside pages

Teaching Soft Skills: Why Demonstrating Their Value to Students is Critical

As you know, before your students can make a difference, they must understand the core lessons you’re teaching and how to apply the same lessons in their professions. That’s why ensuring your...

Career Readiness

Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Why Teaching Soft Skills Starts with Embodying Them

Katie Montgomery is the Executive Manager of Marketing Content at Cengage. She’s got a passion for animal rescue and loves providing content to help make teaching life a little easier for faculty....

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Soft Skills for STEM Success

Author: Katie McPhee While there are currently thousands of STEM positions open, there is a lack of work-ready STEM professionals graduating from higher education institutions. They may have the required technical skills,...

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Six Soft Skills for Student Success

While every industry comes with its own set of specific technical knowledge and proficiencies, there are universal “soft skills” that are applicable to any industry, and workers who lack them could be...

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Sharing Microsoft 365 Skills With Digital Badging in MindTap Collections

Digital Badging is a digital credentialing system that has been around since the early 2000s. It was first used by Mozilla to recognize and reward users for their contributions to the open-source...

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Teaching Public Speaking Skills for Our Remote Age With MindTap Bongo Present Activities

I remember that fateful day clearly, back in March 2020, when we were first told “Go home. We’re going remote.” On the way out the door, one of my colleagues said, “This...

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