Higher Education is a funny thing.

Higher education is a funny thing. For four years, a student forks over money to an institution called a University or College. In some cases, it's a lot of money. In return, faculty members show the student how to become a professional. In some cases, the faculty member hasn't actually been a professional before. In four years, after one weekend called graduation, the student is told to go forth and become a professional.

If a golf school told a student, hey, give us $30,000 a year and we'll show you videos of Tiger Woods swinging a golf club for four years, and after four years you get to try swinging one yourself and you'll be ready to compete in the Masters, that school would probably be shut down by state authorities.

And yet, in many ways, higher education does exactly that. We're aiming to do something different at UD's International Business program. We talk a lot about connecting theory to practice, but in reality it's a pretty hard thing to do. How do you students get to actually deploy classroom learning into practical experience? The question has vexed students and educators alike for decades. It's not an easy thing to do, but just because it's hard doesn't mean we walk away from it. Will you become part of this journey?