Tag: Institutional Learning Outcomes
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Employers seek new hires with soft skills
By Hannah Gonzalez Pulse Staff Reporter Professors at Palo Alto College incorporate soft skills that employers desire in the work environment. Soft skills are personal and professional attributes that enable any individual to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people in the community and in the workplace. These skills include written and oral communication, critical…
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PAC faculty implements learning outcomes for students
By Alyssa Ytuarte Pulse Staff Reporter Palo Alto College professors are improving their curriculum with the help of key assignments. The main goal of Palo Alto’s professors is to better educate their students with knowledge and skills not only in their classes but also for life. Key assignments demonstrate students’ communication, critical thinking, empirical and…
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PAC’s Institutional Learning Outcomes benefit students
By Jocelyn Gutierrez Pulse Staff Reporter To help students prepare for future success in work and life, the Office of Academic Assessment at Palo Alto college developed six institutional learning outcomes. Communication, critical thinking, empirical and quantitative skills, personal responsibility, social responsibility and teamwork are the six institutional outcomes Palo Alto developed to prepare students…
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