Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Acree Guggemos, Colorado State University; Mostafa Khattab, Colorado State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

Adaptation & relocation Career focus Emotional intelligence ListeningNote that none of these traits are technical in nature. These are the soft skills that will enhancean individual’s technical skills and propel them to continue growing in their careers.Many universities struggle to update their programs to keep pace with the rapidly changingmarketplace due to shrinking budgets that limit the ability to upgrade facilities or invest in newtechnology, or the long process of new curriculum approval (upwards of a year or more), as wellas a lack of tenure-track faculty with industry experience. These same challenges are true forconstruction management