{"id":115466,"date":"2020-11-11T08:49:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T13:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/115466///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/115466//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/115466//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/115466//?p=115466"},"modified":"2020-12-01T17:03:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T22:03:38","slug":"the-art-and-science-of-preparing-todays-students-for-the-real-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/115466///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/115466//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/115466//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/115466//the-art-and-science-of-preparing-todays-students-for-the-real-world/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/115466//","title":{"rendered":"The Art and Science of Preparing Today/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/115466/u2019s Students for the Real World"},"content":{"rendered":"
Things have changed in the classroom since I became a professor more than 25 years ago. I love teaching, mentoring, interacting and watching students grow /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/115466/u2014 from undergraduate to graduate to doctoral levels. I love the game./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/115466/n
I do not assess today/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/115466/u2019s changes as better or worse, just different. Society changes, generations evolve, and higher education looks like something else than it did a quarter of a century ago./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/115466/n
My goal has always been the same, with one question: How do I challenge today/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/115466/u2019s student to be prepared for a competitive and sometimes harsh world that lays people off and even fires employees for underperforming and/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/115466//or not having an indispensable skill set that an organization values enough to keep one on at the job?/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/115466/n