
The Third Education Revolution
Schools are moving toward a model of continuous, lifelong learning in order to meet the needs of today’s economy.
Schools are moving toward a model of continuous, lifelong learning in order to meet the needs of today’s economy.
Artificial intelligence could bring huge revenue increases for companies—but not if they don't train their employees for the new era.
Harnessing the resource could help them achieve the graduate’s dream: finding a job.
Despite assurances from policymakers that retraining is the key to success, such programs have consistently failed to equip workers with the preparation they need to secure jobs.
Real-time data on the labor market promise to finally help employers and job-seekers make better decisions. Will it work?
The strategies used to help workers displaced by technology and globalization in the 1980s ultimately failed. So why do the country’s policymakers continue to resort to the same tactics?
Those places? Colleges.
Jobs that are dangerous or involve repetitive labor are most at risk of becoming obsolete. And that means some racial groups will suffer more than others.
Do innovators have a responsibility to help workers whose livelihoods are threatened by machines?
Worker-training programs could bring companies good workers at low costs.
The latest version, passed by the House, would further cut government funding for professional training programs.
Advocates say worker training is key to economic stability—but can they convince the federal government it’s worth the money?
Automation and globalization are making some workers’ skills obsolete. Why can’t the federal government figure out how to successfully prepare Americans for the future?
Americans are skeptical of automation technologies taking over highly interactive tasks. But perhaps humanity is being hyped up too much—and that could create surprising challenges for job-retention efforts.
Automation might be the biggest challenge to the future labor market, but policymakers seem to have their sights set elsewhere.