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UNICORPS 595041 ALXXXX10.1177/1045159515595041Adult LearningAdult Learning research-article2015 ADULT LEARNING February 2017 Futures Futures of Higher Education and Business Are Intertwined Gregory J. Smith, PhD he model for how higher education interfaces The role higher education plays is changing because with businesses is broken. This has not occurred products sold by academia have been commoditized. Tovernight; it has been gradually occurring for For universities and colleges to survive, they must years. For those in the business sector, searching for show greater differentiation and value compared with solutions to talent management questions, the problem other resources. Currently, 50% of students fail to see has reached an inflection point. the value of a college education in preparing for future Technological advances have broken down classical employment. Businesses report there is a lack of barriers to global workforce management, demanding qualified applicants for entry-level roles. Yet, and most new and different skill sets from surprising, 72% of post-secondary employees and requiring education providers responded An academic companies to rethink their graduates from my institution are institution recruitment and development adequately prepared for entry-level connected to the practices. Gratton (2011) observed positions in their chosen field of five forces have dramatically study on a survey (Manpower http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adult Learning SAGE

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SAGE
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© 2015 The Author(s)
ISSN
1045-1595
eISSN
2162-4070
DOI
10.1177/1045159515595041
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595041 ALXXXX10.1177/1045159515595041Adult LearningAdult Learning research-article2015 ADULT LEARNING February 2017 Futures Futures of Higher Education and Business Are Intertwined Gregory J. Smith, PhD he model for how higher education interfaces The role higher education plays is changing because with businesses is broken. This has not occurred products sold by academia have been commoditized. Tovernight; it has been gradually occurring for For universities and colleges to survive, they must years. For those in the business sector, searching for show greater differentiation and value compared with solutions to talent management questions, the problem other resources. Currently, 50% of students fail to see has reached an inflection point. the value of a college education in preparing for future Technological advances have broken down classical employment. Businesses report there is a lack of barriers to global workforce management, demanding qualified applicants for entry-level roles. Yet, and most new and different skill sets from surprising, 72% of post-secondary employees and requiring education providers responded An academic companies to rethink their graduates from my institution are institution recruitment and development adequately prepared for entry-level connected to the practices. Gratton (2011) observed positions in their chosen field of five forces have dramatically study on a survey (Manpower

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Adult LearningSAGE

Published: Feb 1, 2017

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