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Re-thinking Soft Skills and Student Employability: A New Paradigm for Undergraduate Education

Matthew T. HoraMatthew T. Hora is an Assistant Professor of Adult and Higher Education and the Director of the Center for Research on College-Work Transitions ( http://ccwt.wceruw.org/) at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison. His research and teaching focus on the cultural, organizational, and political forces shaping teaching and learning processes, college-work pathways, and college internship programs.
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Ross J. BenbowRoss J. Benbow is an Associate Researcher at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison. His work focuses on the relationships among teaching and learning, public policy, and cultural transition in domestic and international contexts, with a particular interest in patterns of inequity in colleges and universities.
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Bailey B. SmolarekBailey B. Smolarek is an Associate Researcher with the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison. Her work draws on critical social theories to examine issues of educational equity from both systemic and localized understandings.
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