Liberal arts and inclusive leadership sought by employers

Jonathan McBride of BlackRock Investments gave small liberal arts college presidents good news at their Council of Independent Colleges meeting. He urged college leaders to not fall into the specialization trap but, instead, to teach students how to learn which will better prepare them for the changes they will see in work life in the future. He also suggested that inclusive leadership is one of the primary skills graduates need to have and that this might be something that could be certified, much in the same way that coding skills are certified.

While inclusive leadership is, indeed, one of the most important abilities a college graduate should possess, how cultivating that ability is done and who certifies remains a critical question and one that is more complicated than setting up a certificate.