Filling the Need for Skilled Workers Requires Smarter Education
Article link Diane Melley Diane Melley is a director in IBM Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs. Posted: September 9, 2010 01:10 PM
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Universities Helping and Starting High Schools:
High schools face many challenges. First, the fluctuating high school drop out rate in the US (around 8-10% over all), especially in the largest urban areas (as high as 50% or more), is setting off alarm bells with many stakeholders. Part of the solution is universities getting more involved in high schools. Second, funding shortages …
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7 New Skills Every Worker Needs
Read the article here: from USNews & World Report Agility / Skills Combos / Tacit skills / A broad vision /Analytics Curiosity / Self Reliance I don’t think these are NEW; they should look familiar to promoters of service science. They really spell out more details about the breadth – the horizontal part of the …
Short takes week of July 16
Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (Germany) AIFB http://www.aifb.kit.edu FZI Research Center for Information Technology (Germany) Karlsruhe http://www.fzi.de Jobs Policy Debate (US) Andy Grove article http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-01/how-to-make-an-american-job-before-it-s-too-late-andy-grove.html Jobs and skills (US) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/business/economy/02manufacturing.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=todayspaper Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (India) IIT Bombay http://www.sineiitb.org/ Association of Cost Engineers (UK) Rajkumar Roy, Professor of Competitive Design, Cranfield University …
K-12
Studying Engineering Before They Can Spell It: NYT FRONTPAGE, By Winnie Hu (June 14, 2010) To compete in a global economy, some school districts are offering engineering lessons to students in kindergarten. “…the big bad wolf had to do more than just huff and puff to blow down the three little pigs’ house. To start, …
What is a holistic service system?
Defining What is a Holistic Service System: I am looking for ideas about what is a good definition for a holistic service system. My own definition is to first offer some examples: cities, universities, luxury resort hotels. And then mention that holistic service systems are a type of system of service systems (service network), that …
COGNOS and ILOG
My colleague in IBM Academic Initiatives, Kevin Faughnan (US IBM) informs me of the availability of both COGNOS and ILOG tools for university faculty. We are seeing more universities starting and expanding their analytics programs, especially industry professionals returning to university (life long learning) to get the latest in advanced analytic tools and techniques. Analytics …
Skills Gap A Growing Problem Worldwide, Columnist Writes.
In a column for the Contra Costa Times (4/16), Tapan Munroe writes that there is “a growing gap between skills and education of workers and the needs of employers.” However, “this is not just an American problem, but a problem of the industrial world including China and India.” Munroe notes Manpower Inc’s 2009 worldwide talent …
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