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Charm School for College Students

After final exams are over, MIT students will return from their holiday break to experience something different from their usual studies--but almost as important.

It's the university's annual Charm School, offering instruction in everything from how to make a first impression to how to dress for work to which bread plate to use.

Other colleges have started teaching students how to make small talk, deal with conflict, show up on time, follow business etiquette, and communicate with co-workers.

These programs may be fun, or even funny, but there's a deadly serious purpose to them: to give students the kinds of social skills they need to get and keep a job.


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Reprinted with permission from The Hechinger Report.

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