Workforce education : a roadmap / William B. Bonvillian and Sanjay E. Sarma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonvillian, William, author.

Sarma, Sanjay E., 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor market--United States.

Labor market.

Working class--United States.

Working class.

Employees--Training of--United States.

Employees.

Technological innovations--Economic aspects--United States.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Offers a roadmap that will address the gap between the current workforce and the new jobs requiring significant upskilling, with a focus on the sectors of manufacturing, retail, and healthcare"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro Contents Authors' Note Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 The American Working Class: Economic Decline and Growing Inequality 3 Breakdowns in Today's Workforce Education 4 Technology versus Jobs 5 The Three Sectors: Manufacturing, Healthcare, and Retail 6 The Broken Labor Market Information System 7 The University Role in Workforce Education 8 The New Educational Technologies 9 The Educational Content 10 The Apprenticeship Model 11 The New Content-Delivery Models 12 A Roadmap to New Workforce Systems Notes Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-262-36148-5

0-262-36147-7

OCLC:

1202266609