A spirit of hard-hearted antagonism toward the missions of many federal agencies and the government workers serving them haunts the halls of the buildings along Independence Avenue, perhaps none more so than the Department of Education.
In my new book, Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines, I write that nearly everyone will have to become a continuous learner to adapt to changes in the modern workplace. Workers will have to learn new skills to retain their jobs, and students will need to acquire skills to become workers and constantly improve those skills to remain employed.
My favorite machines growing up were R2-D2 and the Terminator. In “Star Wars,” R2-D2 serves as Luke Skywalker’s copilot, helping the hero adventure through the galaxy. Looking at the future through the R2 lens, intelligent technology amplifies what humans can accomplish.
This week’s planned walkout by fast-food workers, demanding a higher minimum wage, highlights the need to push livable wages to the forefront. A higher minimum wage is essential. Overdue. And right.
Amid a marketplace of some 740,000 learning credentials — from college degrees to more than 5,465 certification programs alone — how does one sort them out?
The institutions, which mix certificate, two-year and four-year programs, offer a novel approach in a postsecondary ecosystem that needs to adapt, write Jamie Merisotis and Carrie Besnette Hauser.
Everyone supports apprenticeships. Whenever the economy suffers, interest in them spikes, and both the outgoing and incoming administrations have called for a big expansion. In a recent survey, 92 percent of Americans had a favorable view of apprenticeships—an approval rating that’s almost unheard of.
Q: Since March, tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs, bringing the United States’ unemployment rate to its highest point since the Great Depression. The near-term pain is obvious, but how will this seismic economic event influence the workforce a generation from now?
Jamie Merisotis joins the Indiana Chamber webinar: The Future of Work. The series features conversations with Indiana business, education, technology, and political leaders.
