In response to growing anxiety about the value of college degrees in securing employment, there is a widespread paradigm that distinguishes between traditional academics and skills-based vocational training鈥攂etween 鈥渢he philosopher鈥� and 鈥渢he welder.鈥� In this video, PUP Speaks author Ben Wildavsky, author of The Career Arts, reveals why college education and job preparation are not either-or propositions and identifies the blend of education and networking needed to support real-world career aspirations. Following years of research into the connections between education and employment, Wildavsky shares the most vital lessons of what he calls the career arts, which include cultivating a mix of broad education, targeted skills, and social capital in order to ensure socioeconomic mobility.
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Ben Wildavsky is a visiting scholar at the University of Virginia鈥檚 School of Education and Human Development. He is the award-winning author of The Great Brain Race (Princeton) and coeditor of Reinventing Higher Education and Measuring Success. He is the host and coproducer of the Higher Ed Spotlight podcast.