Book chapter 2024

A Model for Developing Multi-Competence in Graduates for a Supercomplex World

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Nyandusi, Charles Mottanya
Creating Dynamic Space in Higher Education: Modern Shifts in Policy, Competencies, and Governance
Journal · pp. 283-312
Abstract

The world today is characterized not only by fluidity in the creation, dissemination and decay of knowledge and meaning, but also by the proliferation of variegated frames of reference and understanding. It is a supercomplex world. It is this world that the 21st century university has to serve. To remain relevant in such supercomplexity necessitates that the university needs to sustain its traditional intrinsic function - - the advancement of knowledge and the search for truth, while at the same time espousing a newer, extrinsic function – the preparation of students for the world of work; that is, enhancing the employability of graduates. This Chapter posits that the two functions can and should be integrated, so that the university can develop a multicompetent graduate through the Holistic Graduate Identity Curriculum (HoGIC) model proposed here. © 2025 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved.

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Curricula Students Curricula models Frames of reference Intrinsic functions Supercomplex
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Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
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