Research Evidence Related to Future Skill Demands

With support from the National Institutes of Health Office of Science Education and the Russell Sage Foundation, the Center for Education convened a public workshop on future skill demands. The workshop explored research on future skill demands, identified areas of agreement and tension in the research, and considered the implications for education and training. Experts presented background papers on future skill demands in two large and rapidly-growing groups of jobs--professional "knowledge workers" and low-wage service workers. Other topics that were addressed include globalization of work, methods to measure the impacts of computerization on work, and education and training strategies to meet future skill demands.

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