How Can Cities Help Youth With the School-to-Work Transition?
We are living in an age increasingly dominated by youth. Today, some 16 percent of the population worldwide–over one billion people–are between the ages of 15 and 24. In some emerging economies, this share is even higher–in Latin America, for instance, youth make up 20 percent of the population, totaling nearly 106 million people.
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Discussing Skills, Innovation, and Girls’ Education in Doha
Education systems are not keeping up with fast-changing global economies, and in advanced and developing countries alike students are not being prepared for the modern workforce. This “skills gap” was the focus for this year’s World Innovation Summit of Education (WISE), an event that brings together thousands of leading education experts and policymakers.
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Why do we need technology in schools if it doesn’t improve quality?
Some of the never-before-seen phenomena of today— rapidly expanding connectivity, mobile entrepreneurship, the breakdown of traditional corporate relationships, the global skills gap—have left students facing unexpected pressures, as well as unimagined opportunities.
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Is Better Information Improving Students’ Return on Investment? Lessons From Chile
Much has been said about the need for better information on college outcomes. Especially in an era of spiraling college costs and rising debt, it is more important than ever for students to be able to understand their return on investment – and thus, the theory goes, make better decisions.
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How Can Hispanics Get Ahead in Higher Education?
It is well known that a higher education brings enormous benefits. As the U.S. Committee for Economic Development has pointed out, workers who have at least a bachelor’s degree earn twice as much as those with only a high school diploma. What’s more, this gap is likely to keep growing. As the CED report argues, “by 2018, more than 60 percent of jobs in the United States will require postsecondary credentials,” meaning that “three million additional credentialed workers will be needed in the next four years.”
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Civil Society and the Skills Gap in Latin America
The global economy is increasingly defined by jobs that require less than a college degree – but more skills than what can be acquired through a typical high school education alone. At the same time, many college graduates also struggle to find good work due to a lack of relevant skills, even as jobs in the private sector go unfilled for lack of qualified applicants.
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In a World of Artificial Intelligence, Where Will Latin Americans Work?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is having a moment. With the success of computer systems like IBM’s Watson (the first AI to win at Jeopardy against human competitors) and now the “Amelia” program from tech company IPsoft, technology is accelerating changes in the labor market that could have widespread impacts on the nature of work.
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Latin America needs to improve primary education to shore up growth and democracy
In recent years, Latin American and Caribbean nations have accomplished across-the-board reductions in poverty and, in many cases, impressive growth rates. These positive trends have allowed for increased spending on education, but cannot obscure the huge challenges still faced by the region in this area.
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