Read the following six short articles about student life and student engagement. 

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  1. "Why Involvement in College Matters." Project CEO: Cocurricular Experience Outcomes, Austin State University, 4 Apr 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR7U2lsChgw. 

  2.  Bauerlein, Mark. "What's the point of a professor?" The New York Times, 2015 May 9, https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/opinion/sunday/whats-the-point-of-a-professor.html.

  3. Grant, Adam. "What straight-A students get wrong." The New York Times, 2018 Dec. 8, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/08/opinion/college-gpa-career-success.html.

  4. Deming, David. "Engineers sprint but English majors endure." The New York Times, 2019 Sep. 20, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/business/liberal-arts-stem-salaries.html.

  5. Bauer-Wolf, Jeremy. "Survey: Employers want "soft skills" from graduates." Inside Higher Ed, 2019 Jan. 17, https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2019/01/17/survey-employers-want-soft-skills-graduates.

  6.  Krakoff, Sonya. "Top five soft skills employers are looking for in 2019." Career & Workplace Division, Champlain College Online, 2021, https://online.champlain.edu/blog/top-soft-skills-employers-are-looking-for.