Some universities are turning more attention to those who dropped out, a swath of the population that needs degrees now more than ever, experts say.
When Kelly Martin Broderick, 40, left the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2014, she was just five classes short of graduating.
Author Jamie Merisotis sits down with hosts Jim Ludes and G. Wayne Miller to discuss his recent book, “Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines.” Merisotis postulates that in a future driven by Artifical Intelligence, the role of the modern-day worker must evolve to operate alongside machines to do that which only humans can.
The word “adjacent” is enjoying a popularity spike. It has transcended its literal meaning of “next to” (“the parking lot is adjacent to a hair salon”), morphing seemingly overnight into something figurative and, at times, positively buzzy—as in “wellness-adjacent” products and “tech-adjacent” companies. However trendy this new semantic shift, the word is more relevant than ever.
The job market and a whole dashboard of economic indicators are sending us mixed messages lately. Before we get too excited about the recovery—or too depressed by the enormous challenges still looming—we should consider at least two emerging world views.
A business story in The Washington Post caught my eye recently — and not just because it focused on Indiana. The geographic connection was interesting, but what mattered more was topicality. I spend a lot of time thinking about the story’s main theme: how to build a pipeline of talent best suited for the work of the future.
In the rural South, Blacks disproportionately perform repetitive tasks that will disappear with increasing use of automation, AI, and robotics. How do we ensure they are prepared for the work that will replace these lost jobs, human work?
In this episode, we speak to Jamie about a range of topics related to the Lumina Foundation’s work at local, state, and national levels to design an affordable learning landscape with the goal of educating 60% of American workers by 2025.
On Mother’s Day we pause to consider the vital role women and mothers play in not just in our own lives, but in holding our society together. But in this unprecedented year, we should do more than celebrate and give thanks. In too many ways, the past year has been devastating for women — working mothers in particular. We must do more.
I recently finished listening to Human Work by Jamie Merisotis. Merisotis does an excellent job of outlining his vision of work in a digital and technologically advanced world. “Work” in our digitally washed and technologically advanced world will not be synonymous with a job — that thing we do and we usually hate but that gives us money so that we can actually do the stuff we like to do!
