"[They] want students who can read and write."

This just in, via Universities Diaries:

From an interview in the Wall Street Journal with the dean of the Wharton business school:

WSJ: You're increasing soft skills training—presentations and writing skills. Who pushed for that?

Mr. Robertson: Certainly faculty, and probably most importantly, our business community and our recruiters are saying that [they] want students who can read and write. I don't know there's really been a deterioration of those skills, maybe there has. Maybe Powerpoint and writing in bullet style has led to deterioration of the ability to write reports.

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