Learning for life how continuous education will keep us competitive in the global knowledge economy / Jason Wingard and Michelle LaPointe.

Author/creator Wingard, Jason
Other author LaPointe, Michelle.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst Edition.
Publication InfoNew York : AMACOM--American Management Association, [2016]
Description1 online resource
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Portion of title How continuous education will keep us competitive in the global knowledge economy
Contents Acknowledgments -- Foreword / John Fallon, CEO, Pearson -- Preface -- The context -- How did we get here? a history of education and training in the united states -- Organization for economic cooperation and development (oecd) better skills, better jobs, better lives -- Educational providers -- Jpmorgan chase -- World economic forum -- Middlesex community college -- University of liverpool -- Employers -- Executive perspective: united technologies corporation -- Employee scholars program -- National football league (nfl) -- Aramark -- Boeing -- Jpmorgan chase -- Coordinating agencies -- Executive perspective : north carolina community college system -- National urban league -- Carnegie foundation for the advancement of teaching -- Africa-america institute -- Northern tier industry and education consortium -- Jobs for the future -- Swiss federal institute of technology -- The path forward -- What do we know about programs to support lifelong learning? -- What might an effective system of lifelong learning look like? -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Learning for life New York : AMACOM--American Management Association, 2016. 9780814433638 (hardcover)
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015010330
ISBN(hardcover)
ISBN9780814433645 (ebook)

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