Current middle-class jobs are becoming less attainable without education or training beyond high school. At the same time, the United States is not producing college-educated workers fast enough to replace retiring baby boomers. These trends translate into an immense education supply problem, according to Help Wanted: Postsecondary Education and Training Required. Co-author Anthony Carnevale of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce makes the case that postsecondary education is imperative for socioeconomic mobility.
Selected clips from Help Wanted report launch event, June 15.
Is there a power point available that would be appropriate to share with my 8th grade students? (particularly relating to science professions).
There are always a number of students who don’t see the value in education, particularly science education.