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What counts as a 'marketable skill', or even what would be the baseline assumption of skill for becoming a fully and generally competent adult in twenty-first century society, might be very different from what was considered skill and competence in society 50 years ago. Rather than merely updating a liberal education as conceived in the Post-War era, might it make sense to redesign the liberal education from scratch? Like, does a Liberal Education 2.0 make sense?
What skills or competencies aren't taught much in universities yet, but are ones everyone should learn?
Persuasive writing and speaking. Alternatively, interesting writing and speaking.