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6 Education and Human Capital
6 Education and Human Capital
Pages 39-44
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Discussion at the forum touched on reports of current shortages of science and technology workers, particularly information technology workers. Immigrant scientists and engineers have been and will continue to be important in addressing needs for talent.
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Educators around the United States are coming up with innovative uses of information technology to enrich educational experiences. One example in the humanities is the Valley of the Shadow archive developed by historian Edward Ayers, of the University of Virginia.27 The archive contains detailed records on Staunton, Virginia, and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, for the period before and during the Civil War.
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New approaches that more effectively use student-to-student interactions and allow for flexible approaches to organizing classes can be developed with information technology. Nevertheless, the compartmentalized institutional model of education is likely to hold on for some time, even when the assumptions behind it are rapidly becoming obsolete.
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Major experiments are under way in asynchronous learning networks: high school teachers are putting courses up on the World Wide Web and using them to teach students all over the country. The National Academies and other scientific and engineering leaders can play roles by encouraging such efforts and convening networks.
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Other universities seeking to establish or expand continuing education programs can learn from these examples. In summary, the United States must invest in the future workforce by providing students with a firm understanding of science and mathematics in addition to a command of oral and written communication skills.
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