A New Roadmap for Workforce Education, With Bill Bonvillian and Sanjay Sarma

There is a deep disconnect between the U.S. education system and
the workplace. How can policymakers bridge the gap and create
clear pathways to good jobs? How do technical schools, community
colleges, employers, governments, and universities fit together
as pieces of the workforce education puzzle—and how can new
education technologies help deliver the training workers need?
Rob and Jackie discuss the challenges, opportunities, and policy
solutions with Professor Sanjay Sarma and Bill Bonvillian of MIT,
authors of the new book Workforce Education: A New Roadmap.


Mentioned:


William B. Bonvillian and Sanjay E. Sarma, Workforce
Education: A New Roadmap (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT
Press, February 2021).

Joe Kennedy, Daniel Castro, Robert D. Atkinson, “Why It’s
Time to Disrupt Higher Education by Separating Learning From
Credentialing” (ITIF, August 2016).



Related:


Robert D. Atkinson, “How to Reform Worker-Training and
Adjustment Policies for an Era of Technological Change” (ITIF,
February 2018).