Education for fifth job, not just first
Another key reform to make higher education relevant for the 21st Century workforce is to ensure that colleges and universities are not just training students, but educating them. Many colleges are chasing the latest and hottest career fields by creating new majors and programs narrowly tailored to get students a job right out of college. But in doing so, they are often paring back the liberal arts that supply students with the problem-solving abilities and communication skills critical to the workforce of the future.
Instead, our entire education system from primary school through college seems so focused on teaching skills that will be automated in the future. The jobs that are growing the most are those that require high social skills as well as analytical skills.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-happens-when-millions-jobs-lost-because-jeff-selingo?trk=eml-b2_content_ecosystem_digest-hero-14-null&midToken=AQEXp7fAMvGBUA&fromEmail=fromEmail&ut=2eCwiuLAYmgno1
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