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Dear faculty,<br>
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I would like to ask for your assistance to help us at the UA specifically, and in higher education in general, understand what the critical 21st-century employability skills are.
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UA CALS is working with the <a href="http://www.aplu.org/" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk98610" previewremoved="true">
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities</a> (APLU) on a survey linked below. Your responses will inform changes to educational practices at the UA and other tertiary education institutions nationwide.<br>
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The survey will take about 15 minutes. I know that is a lot but your information is critical for us to make the progress we need to make to better serve you. The questions are organized into three sections:<br>
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1) learning a little bit about your background;<br>
2) your assessment of the importance and preparedness of 11 critical employability skills for students today;<br>
3) ideas about how students can better prepare for persistence, ambiguity, change, and conflict in the workplace.<br>
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Survey link: <a href="http://bit.ly/2BucVAY_UniversityArizona" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk61211" previewremoved="true">
http://bit.ly/2BucVAY_UniversityArizona</a> <br>
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Sincerely,<br>
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Shane<br>
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<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"><font size="1" face="Tahoma">-- <br>
Shane C. Burgess<br>
</font><font size="1" face="Tahoma">Vice President for Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension<br>
Dean, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences<br>
Director, Arizona Experiment Station<br>
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The University of Arizona<br>
Forbes Building, Room 306 | 1140 E. South Campus Drive | P.O. Box 210036<br>
Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<br>
PHONE: 520.621.7621<br>
EMAIL: sburgess@cals.arizona.edu</font></div>
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