The study was conducted by the Samuel Neaman Institute for the Rothschild Bridge for Higher Education and Employment (EDRE). It examined the attitudes of university and college leadership, teaching and learning centers, and academic faculty members toward the integration of core skills and competencies into academic courses.
This topic is grounded in a broad global consensus that, alongside disciplinary knowledge, higher education must cultivate skills relevant to the 21st century, such as critical thinking, teamwork, self learning, and presentation skills.
Research Objectives:
1. To examine the attitudes of academic faculty members toward integrating skills into the courses they teach.
2. To assess the willingness and capacity of advancing teaching centers to train and support faculty in implementing skills integration.
3. To examine initiatives, recognition mechanisms, and institutional support at the level of senior management.