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* * Date: Sept 13, 2012 Source: Chronicle of Higher Education Link: http://bit.ly/PmaYsd Headline/Title: Skills Gap? Employers and Colleges Point Fingers at Each Other

*Summary:* For much of the first decade of the new millennium, Samuel J. Palmisano and A.G. Lafley led two of the biggest names in American business: IBM and Procter & Gamble. By the time they were named chief executive officers, the two iconic companies were in need of the makeovers the two leaders eventually helped engineer. The two men have something else in common as well: They graduated from college with degrees in the liberal arts.

* **Author:* Jeff Selingo For the Full Article/Report, See: http://bit.ly/PmaYsd