Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018
By Anthony P. Carnevale, Nicole Smith, and Jeff Strohl. Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workplace. America is slowly coming out of the Recession of 2007—only to find itself on a collision course with the future: not enough Americans are completing college.1 The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce shows that by 2018, we will need 22 million new college degrees—but will fall short of that number by at least 3 million post- secondary degrees, Associate’s or better. In addition, we will need at least 4.7 million new workers with postsecondary certificates. At a time when every job is precious, this shortfall will mean lost economic opportunity for millions of American workers. Read Executive Summary…
By Anthony P. Carnevale, Nicole Smith, and Jeff Strohl. Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workplace. America is slowly coming out of the Recession of 2007—only to find itself on a collision course with the future: not enough Americans are completing college.1 The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce shows that by 2018, we will need 22 million new college degrees—but will fall short of that number by at least 3 million post- secondary degrees, Associate’s or better. In addition, we will need at least 4.7 million new workers with postsecondary certificates. At a time when every job is precious, this shortfall will mean lost economic opportunity for millions of American workers. Read Executive Summary…
By Anthony P. Carnevale, Nicole Smith, and Jeff Strohl. Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workplace. America is slowly coming out of the Recession of 2007—only to find itself on a collision course with the future: not enough Americans are completing college.1 The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce shows that by 2018, we will need 22 million new college degrees—but will fall short of that number by at least 3 million post- secondary degrees, Associate’s or better. In addition, we will need at least 4.7 million new workers with postsecondary certificates. At a time when every job is precious, this shortfall will mean lost economic opportunity for millions of American workers. Read Executive Summary…
By Anthony P. Carnevale, Nicole Smith, and Jeff Strohl. Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workplace. America is slowly coming out of the Recession of 2007—only to find itself on a collision course with the future: not enough Americans are completing college.1 The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce shows that by 2018, we will need 22 million new college degrees—but will fall short of that number by at least 3 million post- secondary degrees, Associate’s or better. In addition, we will need at least 4.7 million new workers with postsecondary certificates. At a time when every job is precious, this shortfall will mean lost economic opportunity for millions of American workers. Read Executive Summary…
'Pathway to Prosperity' authors educate me
'Pathway to Prosperity' authors educate me
A week ago I pummeled a major report by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, "Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century." I headlined that column "Smart people + big report = dreamy nonsense." I said that in calling for new pathways to give students who don't want to attend college a good high school education, the report ignored the realities of limits on employers' capacity to offer internships and school districts' willingness to totally remake their vocational classes.
The report's authors, being visionaries, were accustomed to being accused of impracticality, and they took my criticism in stride. They even agreed to let me pick at their reasoning in a conversation on this blog. I exchanged e-mails with Pathways to Prosperity project leadersRobert B. Schwartz, academic dean, and Ronald Ferguson, senior lecturer, both at the education school. The third author of the report was former Business Week journalist Bill Symonds. Learn more…
Colorado Voices: A Different Path to Prosperity
By Michael P. Mazenko, The Denver Post. Posted February 20, 2011. After the recent cold snap - as my neighbor's pipes froze and my furnace shorted out - I was reminded of just how little we appreciate and how much we undervalue skilled labor in this country. When the plumber told my neighbor he was booked until 2 a.m., and when the pipe repair exceeded $300, I wondered why schools keep pushing the college-for-all mentality. The education system should promote the trades and skilled labor as much as it does academics and bachelor's degrees, and education at all levels should become more experiential and skill-based. This conclusion is supported by the recently released Harvard study that concluded not all kids should go to college - or at least not a four-year university in pursuit of a bachelor's degree. The aptly titled report "Pathways to Prosperity" recommends a new direction for education reform, based on the practical needs of students and the economy. Sadly, too many education leaders don't share this view. Learn more…
