Description
Book SynopsisA visionary guide for the future of learning and work
Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs That Don't Even Exist Yetoffers readers a fascinating glimpse into a near-future where careers last 100 years, and education lasts a lifetime.?The book makes the case that learners of the future are going to repeatedly seek out educational opportunities throughout the course of their working lives which will no longer have a beginning, middle,and end.Long Life Learningfocuses on the disruptive and burgeoning innovations that are laying the foundationfora new learning model that includes clear navigation, wraparound and funding supports, targeted education, and clear connections to more transparent hiring processes.
Written by the former chief innovation officer of Strada Education Network's Institute for the Future of Work, the book examines: ?
- How will a dramatically extended lifespan affect our careers??
- How will more time in the wo
Table of Contents
Introduction: An Abiding Hope for the Future xi
Part I From a Rigged System 1
1 A 100-YearWork Life 3
2 The Theories Behind the End of College 23
3 The Future of Workers, the Future of Us 49
Part II To a New Learning Ecosystem 65
4 Seamless On- and Off-Ramps 67
5 Navigating Our Next Job Transition 77
6 Wraparound Supports 91
7 Targeted Education 109
8 Integrated Earning and Learning 139
9 Transparent and Fairer Hiring 159
10 Getting Started: Taking Root 181
Conclusion 191
Endnotes 197
Acknowledgments 231
About the Author 235
Index 237
