ABSTRACT

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.

摘要

新自由主义大学的出现、工作世界的快速变化以及假新闻和流行病时代西方社会契约的瓦解，创造了一系列将新兴大学毕业生定义为全球不稳定成员的情况。对未来工作世界的一些预测表明，有必要将大学教育的必要性从职业准备和学科培训转变为类似于文科教育核心的技能和能力。尽管公众怀疑和新自由主义反感，但稍微重新思考一下，文学学士学位可以成为 21 世纪本科生的基本学位。