4.29-21-Work-Future-Sanjay-Sarma

• Video details

  Even before the pandemic, the rapid pace of technological advances was exposing a gap in America’s education system: workforce education. Labor economists have long talked about the ongoing erosion of middle class jobs, and the increases at the high and low ends of the wage spectrum. COVID, meanwhile, has hurt low-wage earners on several fronts including health and employment, and job mobility is becoming challenging. Workforce education is an important tool in addressing these issues, especially after the pandemic. We present describe new modalities that will help transform workforce education including online learning, new learning technologies, and blended in-person classrooms. We also describe policies and institutional initiatives that can help learners before, during and in between employment.

Locked Interactive transcript