[Alberta's Child]

The focus of the presentation was on the changing nature of the modern work force. Basically, the old model of getting an education through childhood into young adulthood and then working at the same place -- or even in the same career -- is a thing of the past.

One of the results of this change is that education systems will have to be completely revolutionized to deal with this reality.

[Afterguard]

Hmmm. Thanks for that. I disagree but at least now I understand...

[Oldexpat]

I know quite a few people who have worked at the same high tech company for twenty years or more.

[PapaBear3625]

The focus of the presentation was on the changing nature of the modern work force. Basically, the old model of getting an education through childhood into young adulthood and then working at the same place -- or even in the same career -- is a thing of the past.

You're correct. Technology will keep things changing. People will need to continuously learn new things, while working. We will probably need to dispense with physical colleges, and rely more upon distance learning.

The old college diploma was a certification by the college that the recipient had learned certain things, and was competent in certain skills. With Affirmative Action and affirmative grading, the old certification is increasingly worthless.

We need a new way to certify competence for potential employers. This new way will probably be "controversial", because in order to be useful, it will need to be objective, and thus ignore the race, ethnicity, and sex of the person being certified and ONLY address skill.