Graduate Student Term Paper
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC POLICY REVIEW and DISCUSSION
March 10, 2002
Robert Kerr
Robert Kerr
Copyright© 2002 by CETE, The Ohio State University
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INTRODUCTION
Adult Learning For U.S. Competitive Advantage
It now seems axiomatic that the world is continuing to rapidly change and that the U.S.
economy is being called upon regularly to transform itself, in increasingly short time frames, to adapt
to the shifting competitive landscape. Work related learning has been identified as a key enabler of
effective economic advantage for countries like to U.S. to remain competitive. Marshall and Tucker
state that, "The future now belongs to societies that organize themselves for learning."(Marshall &
Trucker 1992 p. xiii).
High Skill, High Performance, and High-Tech U.S. Workforce
While all learning may be important to some degree to help a society remain competitive, it is
"high-skill" learning that many countries are......
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