University strategising has lost it
“Transdisciplinarity at Z University
A proposal for the establishment of a new faculty (the name of which is yet to be determined) was endorsed by Academic Board. ... Z University has strong disciplinary focus on a set of core degrees, however, there is a need to offer courses that are oriented at future professions, future industry and future jobs. The proposed new faculty will offer transdisciplinary courses that will address this need. The university is aiming to have around X% of student load in transdisciplinary courses.”
Surely it is incumbent upon chancellery of Z University to specify what these future jobs are, and what their needs are, before creating a new Faculty to address them?
Their response would be: we don't know what these jobs are, so we want to impart generic skills.
Our response should be: That is what normal degrees do. We teach people to think generally about problems, not specific procedures, otherwise we'd be a TAFE.
Senior Lecturer in Financial Accounting at UNSW Business School, PhD, CA.
8 年There seems to be a race towards 'future proofing' graduates, where the future is unknown - we can see the replacement of some jobs with computers. Future jobs in accounting (likely, no guarantee) will involve being able to 'talk about numbers' rather than calculation of those numbers.