Many schools boast of this capability, but only a handful have the tools to actually connect academia to practice through project-based coursework and active engagement with local business leaders and members of its alumni network who are managing through this change.
The differing perspectives provided by students in various summer work and internship sites represent a rich resource for discussion and team-based project coursework.
For the first time, most courses this year were taken in bite-size chunks, although coursework has been cut down and replaced with school-based controlled assessments.