Abstract
Higher education faces two currents - declining social capital support and the post-industrial transition. Both impact the academy and its students. The associated challenges are discussed as engagement opportunities for the academy in applied disciplines. Also, the instructional value of faculty industry experience (IE) is defined as an attribute of social capital. It fosters student engagement while building an experiential learning bridge from the classroom to the workplace. A composite case based on faculty social capital backgrounds illustrates how faculty IE augments program development, academic rigor, student readiness, research creativity, industry linkages, and community impact. Follow-up research opportunities are identified.
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Wilson, Asa B.; Stovall, Steven A.; and Crowley, Edward
(2024)
"Social Capital, Post-Industrial Society, and Faulty Industry Experience: Higher Education’s Engagement Opportunity in Applied Disciplines,"
Journal of the North American Management Society: Vol. 13:
No.
2, Article 4.
Available at:
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/jnams/vol13/iss2/4
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