‘Re-thinking a Bachelor of Arts for the 21st-Century precariat’
Carson J.
2022
Studies in Higher Education
2
10.1080/03075079.2021.1916906
The emergence of the neo-liberal university, rapid changes to the world of work and the unravelling of the Western social contract in an era of fake news and pandemic have created a set of circumstances that define emerging university graduates as members of a global precariat. Several projections of the future world of work suggest a need to shift the imperatives of a university education away from career preparation and disciplinary training and toward a set of skills and capacities that are similar to those that hold the core of a liberal arts education. Notwithstanding public doubt and neo-liberal antipathy, with a bit of re-thinking the Bachelor of Arts can emerge as the essential degree for 21st-century-undergraduates. © 2021 Society for Research into Higher Education.
Bachelor of Arts; knowledge ecology; liberal arts; precariat
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