Learning for life how continuous education will keep us competitive in the global knowledge economy
Today's global knowledge economy requires individuals and companies alike to quickly adapt to new tools and strategies. To remain competitive, both must continually upgrade their skills. In the United States, however, support for ongoing education lags far behind other developed nations, creati...
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| Language: | English |
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New York
AMACOM--American Management Association
2016
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| Edition: | First edition |
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword / John Fallon, CEO, Pearson
- Preface
- The context
- How did we get here? a history of education and training in the united states
- Organization for economic cooperation and development (oecd) better skills, better jobs, better lives
- Educational providers
- Jpmorgan chase
- World economic forum
- Middlesex community college
- University of liverpool
- Employers
- Executive perspective: united technologies corporation
- Employee scholars program
- National football league (nfl)
- Aramark
- Boeing
- Jpmorgan chase
- Coordinating agencies
- Executive perspective : north carolina community college system
- National urban league
- Carnegie foundation for the advancement of teaching
- Africa-america institute
- Northern tier industry and education consortium
- Jobs for the future
- Swiss federal institute of technology
- The path forward
- What do we know about programs to support lifelong learning?
- What might an effective system of lifelong learning look like?
- Index