Over the past few decades, US business and industry have been
transformed by the advances and redundancies produced by the knowledge
economy. The workplace has changed, and much of the work differs from
that performed by previous generations. Can human capital accumulation
in the United States keep pace with the evolving demands placed on it,
and how can the workforce of tomorrow acquire the skills and
competencies that are most in demand?
Education, Skills, and Technical Change explores various facets of
these questions and provides an overview of educational attainment in
the United States and the channels through which labor force skills and
education affect GDP growth. Contributors to this volume focus on a
range of educational and training institutions and bring new data to
bear on how we understand the role of college and vocational education
and the size and nature of the skills gap. This work links a range of
research areas--such as growth accounting, skill development, higher
education, and immigration--and also examines how well students are
being prepared for the current and future world of work.