[Applause] so what is a lifeline it’s that rope you
so what is a lifeline it’s that rope you
so what is a lifeline it’s that rope you throw out to somebody if they’re
throw out to somebody if they’re
throw out to somebody if they’re drowning for some of us remember the
drowning for some of us remember the
drowning for some of us remember the show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire the
show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire the
show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire the lifeline was a person you could call
lifeline was a person you could call
lifeline was a person you could call they answer the question you didn’t know
they answer the question you didn’t know
they answer the question you didn’t know the answer to it’s a way of helping us
the answer to it’s a way of helping us
the answer to it’s a way of helping us to bring people back help them move
to bring people back help them move
to bring people back help them move forward now let’s switch gears two
forward now let’s switch gears two
forward now let’s switch gears two lifetimes so back in the 1970s Alvin
lifetimes so back in the 1970s Alvin
lifetimes so back in the 1970s Alvin Toffler wrote the book future shock it
Toffler wrote the book future shock it
Toffler wrote the book future shock it had some pretty interesting ideas in it
had some pretty interesting ideas in it
had some pretty interesting ideas in it right it suggested in the future people
right it suggested in the future people
right it suggested in the future people might have personal spaceships they
might have personal spaceships they
might have personal spaceships they might have throwaway clothes they so all
might have throwaway clothes they so all
might have throwaway clothes they so all kinds of ideas of what the future might
kinds of ideas of what the future might
kinds of ideas of what the future might look like now most of those didn’t hit
look like now most of those didn’t hit
look like now most of those didn’t hit the nail on the head one of the very
the nail on the head one of the very
the nail on the head one of the very interesting ones is when you took a new
interesting ones is when you took a new
interesting ones is when you took a new job in another city instead of moving
job in another city instead of moving
job in another city instead of moving your family you’d get a new family right
your family you’d get a new family right
your family you’d get a new family right kind of a bizarre thing to think about
kind of a bizarre thing to think about
kind of a bizarre thing to think about some kind to do that but so those didn’t
some kind to do that but so those didn’t
some kind to do that but so those didn’t hit the nail on the head but could we
hit the nail on the head but could we
hit the nail on the head but could we have imagined in the 1970s the internet
have imagined in the 1970s the internet
have imagined in the 1970s the internet nanotechnology
nanotechnology
nanotechnology social media the way we know it today so
social media the way we know it today so
social media the way we know it today so many things that really have happened
many things that really have happened
many things that really have happened and his point was this notion of
and his point was this notion of
and his point was this notion of accelerating change and how that was
accelerating change and how that was
accelerating change and how that was going to change everything around us but
going to change everything around us but
going to change everything around us but most particularly this thing we call the
most particularly this thing we call the
most particularly this thing we call the world of work right how would that
world of work right how would that
world of work right how would that change jobs well I’m an industrial
change jobs well I’m an industrial
change jobs well I’m an industrial engineer and in fact we’re trained to
engineer and in fact we’re trained to
engineer and in fact we’re trained to study work and in 1980 I started that by
study work and in 1980 I started that by
study work and in 1980 I started that by studying assembly line workers at
studying assembly line workers at
studying assembly line workers at General Motors in Michigan and it was
General Motors in Michigan and it was
General Motors in Michigan and it was very common to have an assembly line
very common to have an assembly line
very common to have an assembly line worker that what they did lots of women
worker that what they did lots of women
worker that what they did lots of women like you see in this picture they might
like you see in this picture they might
like you see in this picture they might drive eight screws or eight bulbs in the
drive eight screws or eight bulbs in the
drive eight screws or eight bulbs in the back of an instrument panel all day long
back of an instrument panel all day long
back of an instrument panel all day long five days a week eight hours a day for
five days a week eight hours a day for
five days a week eight hours a day for three or four years until there might be
three or four years until there might be
three or four years until there might be maybe some kind of ergonomic improvement
maybe some kind of ergonomic improvement
maybe some kind of ergonomic improvement or until you got to the next month
or until you got to the next month
or until you got to the next month and that’s what they did and we had
and that’s what they did and we had
and that’s what they did and we had millions of manufacturing workers that
millions of manufacturing workers that
millions of manufacturing workers that did that kind of work but then some
did that kind of work but then some
did that kind of work but then some things started to happen we had this
things started to happen we had this
things started to happen we had this place called Japan were a couple
place called Japan were a couple
place called Japan were a couple concepts American concepts were adopted
concepts American concepts were adopted
concepts American concepts were adopted we had Deming with statistical process
we had Deming with statistical process
we had Deming with statistical process controls making things better we had
controls making things better we had
controls making things better we had Phil Crosby I should say so yes
Phil Crosby I should say so yes
Phil Crosby I should say so yes statistical process controls and Phil
statistical process controls and Phil
statistical process controls and Phil Crosby with continuous improvement and
Crosby with continuous improvement and
Crosby with continuous improvement and all of a sudden the Japanese were making
all of a sudden the Japanese were making
all of a sudden the Japanese were making high-quality cars at an affordable rate
high-quality cars at an affordable rate
high-quality cars at an affordable rate and Detroit was no longer the epicenter
and Detroit was no longer the epicenter
and Detroit was no longer the epicenter of manufacturing particularly in the
of manufacturing particularly in the
of manufacturing particularly in the automotive industry at the same time
automotive industry at the same time
automotive industry at the same time looking for cost savings we had
looking for cost savings we had
looking for cost savings we had manufacturers going to other places so
manufacturers going to other places so
manufacturers going to other places so they looked to countries like Mexico
they looked to countries like Mexico
they looked to countries like Mexico China Vietnam where they could get labor
China Vietnam where they could get labor
China Vietnam where they could get labor at about a dollar an hour and so things
at about a dollar an hour and so things
at about a dollar an hour and so things started changing in that world and in
started changing in that world and in
started changing in that world and in fact the peak of manufacturing
fact the peak of manufacturing
fact the peak of manufacturing employment was 1977 the least we saw in
employment was 1977 the least we saw in
employment was 1977 the least we saw in manufacturing was 9% right after the
manufacturing was 9% right after the
manufacturing was 9% right after the Great Recession and so things were
Great Recession and so things were
Great Recession and so things were changing now let’s add to that another
changing now let’s add to that another
changing now let’s add to that another concept we saw computer world before us
concept we saw computer world before us
concept we saw computer world before us so we started in the 70 some of us
so we started in the 70 some of us
so we started in the 70 some of us learned Fortran and punch cards we
learned Fortran and punch cards we
learned Fortran and punch cards we remember all that I remember my first
remember all that I remember my first
remember all that I remember my first portable computer in 1980s that was as
portable computer in 1980s that was as
portable computer in 1980s that was as big as my sewing machine right you could
big as my sewing machine right you could
big as my sewing machine right you could carry it if you were strong enough today
carry it if you were strong enough today
carry it if you were strong enough today our smartphones do so much more than any
our smartphones do so much more than any
our smartphones do so much more than any of those computers and in fact this
of those computers and in fact this
of those computers and in fact this concept of Moore’s law was developed
concept of Moore’s law was developed
concept of Moore’s law was developed because we were moving technology so
because we were moving technology so
because we were moving technology so fast in fact it was based on the concept
fast in fact it was based on the concept
fast in fact it was based on the concept that the more transistors were being
that the more transistors were being
that the more transistors were being used in integrated circle circuits and
used in integrated circle circuits and
used in integrated circle circuits and we were doubling them every two years
we were doubling them every two years
we were doubling them every two years and technology our computing power was
and technology our computing power was
and technology our computing power was increasing at such rates and again
increasing at such rates and again
increasing at such rates and again driving that change and that affected
driving that change and that affected
driving that change and that affected jobs so some of us would think ok well
jobs so some of us would think ok well
jobs so some of us would think ok well at first we remember
at first we remember
at first we remember otice it came out and we could now do
otice it came out and we could now do
otice it came out and we could now do spreadsheets so maybe there were a few
spreadsheets so maybe there were a few
spreadsheets so maybe there were a few bookkeepers that work no longer having
bookkeepers that work no longer having
bookkeepers that work no longer having those jobs and then we even remembers
those jobs and then we even remembers
those jobs and then we even remembers the secretarial pool that used to be out
the secretarial pool that used to be out
the secretarial pool that used to be out there right when WordPerfect came out we
there right when WordPerfect came out we
there right when WordPerfect came out we don’t we now have children who learned
don’t we now have children who learned
don’t we now have children who learned the QWERTY keyboard before they can read
the QWERTY keyboard before they can read
the QWERTY keyboard before they can read words and so things have changed so what
words and so things have changed so what
words and so things have changed so what jobs as you study work what jobs are
jobs as you study work what jobs are
jobs as you study work what jobs are really at risk and so think about I’ve
really at risk and so think about I’ve
really at risk and so think about I’ve talked about some of those low skill
talked about some of those low skill
talked about some of those low skill manufacturing but what about CDL truck
manufacturing but what about CDL truck
manufacturing but what about CDL truck drivers right we’ve got autonomous
drivers right we’ve got autonomous
drivers right we’ve got autonomous vehicles already being tested on the
vehicles already being tested on the
vehicles already being tested on the roads so in a very few years those will
roads so in a very few years those will
roads so in a very few years those will be at risk how about some of those
be at risk how about some of those
be at risk how about some of those postal workers how many it when’s the
postal workers how many it when’s the
postal workers how many it when’s the last time you put a snail mail piece of
last time you put a snail mail piece of
last time you put a snail mail piece of mail in your mailbox right I only get
mail in your mailbox right I only get
mail in your mailbox right I only get junk mail now what about in restaurants
junk mail now what about in restaurants
junk mail now what about in restaurants where we have both fast-food and sit
where we have both fast-food and sit
where we have both fast-food and sit down
down
down how many have used a kiosk to do your
how many have used a kiosk to do your
how many have used a kiosk to do your ordering and or pain in that situation
ordering and or pain in that situation
ordering and or pain in that situation or a realtor let’s think about
or a realtor let’s think about
or a realtor let’s think about zillow.com and Lending Tree and all
zillow.com and Lending Tree and all
zillow.com and Lending Tree and all those aids we have that look make it so
those aids we have that look make it so
those aids we have that look make it so much different so it’s fair to say there
much different so it’s fair to say there
much different so it’s fair to say there are a lot of jobs at risk and this
are a lot of jobs at risk and this
are a lot of jobs at risk and this really speaks to what I would call the
really speaks to what I would call the
really speaks to what I would call the displacement of workers right we’re
displacement of workers right we’re
displacement of workers right we’re going to displace Scot McCorkle the
going to displace Scot McCorkle the
going to displace Scot McCorkle the ex-ceo or exact target which is now
ex-ceo or exact target which is now
ex-ceo or exact target which is now Salesforce great tech firm in Indiana he
Salesforce great tech firm in Indiana he
Salesforce great tech firm in Indiana he spoke at the Indiana Chamber retreat the
spoke at the Indiana Chamber retreat the
spoke at the Indiana Chamber retreat the spring and he said his greatest concern
spring and he said his greatest concern
spring and he said his greatest concern is the number of workers that will be
is the number of workers that will be
is the number of workers that will be displaced and this goes right back to
displaced and this goes right back to
displaced and this goes right back to Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler conversations and his book about this
conversations and his book about this
conversations and his book about this accelerating rate of change and the
accelerating rate of change and the
accelerating rate of change and the impact that that’s going to have and so
impact that that’s going to have and so
impact that that’s going to have and so what are we going to do about it as we
what are we going to do about it as we
what are we going to do about it as we have that it means higher education is
have that it means higher education is
have that it means higher education is ever ever more important and so in
ever ever more important and so in
ever ever more important and so in across the nation Lumina Foundation has
across the nation Lumina Foundation has
across the nation Lumina Foundation has set this big goal this big goal says
set this big goal this big goal says
set this big goal this big goal says that 60% of all of our workforce across
that 60% of all of our workforce across
that 60% of all of our workforce across America really needs to have a
America really needs to have a
America really needs to have a post-secondary degree or credential by
post-secondary degree or credential by
post-secondary degree or credential by 22
22
22 five well that sounds good where are we
five well that sounds good where are we
five well that sounds good where are we as a nation we’re in the mid 40s some
as a nation we’re in the mid 40s some
as a nation we’re in the mid 40s some countries are already there South Korea
countries are already there South Korea
countries are already there South Korea is seventy percent we have some states
is seventy percent we have some states
is seventy percent we have some states like Massachusetts that are there
like Massachusetts that are there
like Massachusetts that are there Indiana
Indiana
Indiana we’re not there were 41 percent and so
we’re not there were 41 percent and so
we’re not there were 41 percent and so over 30 states across the country have
over 30 states across the country have
over 30 states across the country have adopted this lumina goal and it will
adopted this lumina goal and it will
adopted this lumina goal and it will take everything we can do to get there
take everything we can do to get there
take everything we can do to get there so let me just talk about a few of the
so let me just talk about a few of the
so let me just talk about a few of the things we might want to do to get there
things we might want to do to get there
things we might want to do to get there of course we want higher education to
of course we want higher education to
of course we want higher education to continue adding and guess what for two
continue adding and guess what for two
continue adding and guess what for two and four-year institutions have done a
and four-year institutions have done a
and four-year institutions have done a great job of really taking in more
great job of really taking in more
great job of really taking in more students we have about 80 percent of
students we have about 80 percent of
students we have about 80 percent of high school students now going on to
high school students now going on to
high school students now going on to some form of higher education the sad
some form of higher education the sad
some form of higher education the sad fact is about half of them will finish
fact is about half of them will finish
fact is about half of them will finish some kind of degree or credential the
some kind of degree or credential the
some kind of degree or credential the other thing we can do is look at what
other thing we can do is look at what
other thing we can do is look at what kinds of work needs to be done and that
kinds of work needs to be done and that
kinds of work needs to be done and that means aligning to the workforce needs
means aligning to the workforce needs
means aligning to the workforce needs you know what Lumina found is it wasn’t
you know what Lumina found is it wasn’t
you know what Lumina found is it wasn’t just degrees it was certificates
just degrees it was certificates
just degrees it was certificates certifications and degrees I let me talk
certifications and degrees I let me talk
certifications and degrees I let me talk about that a certificate is a shorter
about that a certificate is a shorter
about that a certificate is a shorter term it may not take two years or four
term it may not take two years or four
term it may not take two years or four years but it has high value in what you
years but it has high value in what you
years but it has high value in what you do a licensed practical nurse is a
do a licensed practical nurse is a
do a licensed practical nurse is a one-year technical certificate a
one-year technical certificate a
one-year technical certificate a certification many of us know Microsoft
certification many of us know Microsoft
certification many of us know Microsoft those are great certifications Cisco
those are great certifications Cisco
those are great certifications Cisco certifications great certifications that
certifications great certifications that
certifications great certifications that can get you really good jobs and so what
can get you really good jobs and so what
can get you really good jobs and so what we’ve not done is helped our next
we’ve not done is helped our next
we’ve not done is helped our next generation understand what those high
generation understand what those high
generation understand what those high value are and that not everything is a
value are and that not everything is a
value are and that not everything is a traditional or your degree so I think we
traditional or your degree so I think we
traditional or your degree so I think we can work with that but here’s the part
can work with that but here’s the part
can work with that but here’s the part we really need to worry about it’s the
we really need to worry about it’s the
we really need to worry about it’s the fact that we have a lot of adults out
fact that we have a lot of adults out
fact that we have a lot of adults out there and those adults are going to be
there and those adults are going to be
there and those adults are going to be displaced and in fact 20% of those
displaced and in fact 20% of those
displaced and in fact 20% of those adults that are out there have started
adults that are out there have started
adults that are out there have started college at some point but they haven’t
college at some point but they haven’t
college at some point but they haven’t finished it they don’t have a degree or
finished it they don’t have a degree or
finished it they don’t have a degree or credential the show fart and yet we have
credential the show fart and yet we have
credential the show fart and yet we have great opportunity to try to bring them
great opportunity to try to bring them
great opportunity to try to bring them back and find ways to help them
back and find ways to help them
back and find ways to help them so let me talk about one thing we call
so let me talk about one thing we call
so let me talk about one thing we call prior learning assessment it is taking
prior learning assessment it is taking
prior learning assessment it is taking all those experiences an adult has and
all those experiences an adult has and
all those experiences an adult has and giving them credit where credit is due
giving them credit where credit is due
giving them credit where credit is due so many of them are subject matter
so many of them are subject matter
so many of them are subject matter experts and anything from accounting to
experts and anything from accounting to
experts and anything from accounting to finance to running a warehouse can we
finance to running a warehouse can we
finance to running a warehouse can we find a way to give them credit for those
find a way to give them credit for those
find a way to give them credit for those things and so their big movement out
things and so their big movement out
things and so their big movement out there and we make sure that we are
there and we make sure that we are
there and we make sure that we are accommodating for these adults as
accommodating for these adults as
accommodating for these adults as they’re coming out to come back into
they’re coming out to come back into
they’re coming out to come back into those high-value opportunities what I
those high-value opportunities what I
those high-value opportunities what I really want to talk to you about is some
really want to talk to you about is some
really want to talk to you about is some transformational ideas that we could do
transformational ideas that we could do
transformational ideas that we could do so how could it really look different
so how could it really look different
so how could it really look different than it looks today so let me give you a
than it looks today so let me give you a
than it looks today so let me give you a couple of ideas well what if that adult
couple of ideas well what if that adult
couple of ideas well what if that adult they’re gonna we’re all gonna pay into
they’re gonna we’re all gonna pay into
they’re gonna we’re all gonna pay into Social Security for a really long time
Social Security for a really long time
Social Security for a really long time what if we allowed adults to take that
what if we allowed adults to take that
what if we allowed adults to take that Social Security and invested in their
Social Security and invested in their
Social Security and invested in their career to be retrained to train up right
career to be retrained to train up right
career to be retrained to train up right because Alvin Toffler knew that one
because Alvin Toffler knew that one
because Alvin Toffler knew that one career was not gonna take you everywhere
career was not gonna take you everywhere
career was not gonna take you everywhere you need it to be for me my first degree
you need it to be for me my first degree
you need it to be for me my first degree got me to being an engineer my masters
got me to being an engineer my masters
got me to being an engineer my masters and PhD led me into academia and then I
and PhD led me into academia and then I
and PhD led me into academia and then I had a certificate that helped me learn
had a certificate that helped me learn
had a certificate that helped me learn how to do political things to be trained
how to do political things to be trained
how to do political things to be trained in that area of public service so how do
in that area of public service so how do
in that area of public service so how do we help adults have that way of making
we help adults have that way of making
we help adults have that way of making that transition so just imagine if you
that transition so just imagine if you
that transition so just imagine if you could take some of that 13 percent you
could take some of that 13 percent you
could take some of that 13 percent you pay the government and put that towards
pay the government and put that towards
pay the government and put that towards some higher education and make that
some higher education and make that
some higher education and make that investment in yourself for that next
investment in yourself for that next
investment in yourself for that next career but imagine if we ensured that
career but imagine if we ensured that
career but imagine if we ensured that all institutions had to accept credit
all institutions had to accept credit
all institutions had to accept credit from other places I’m talking about the
from other places I’m talking about the
from other places I’m talking about the Euro for a transfer so wherever you got
Euro for a transfer so wherever you got
Euro for a transfer so wherever you got that course you could take it anywhere
that course you could take it anywhere
that course you could take it anywhere else across the country to continue on
else across the country to continue on
else across the country to continue on so you weren’t losing credit now in
so you weren’t losing credit now in
so you weren’t losing credit now in Indiana we do a pretty good job we have
Indiana we do a pretty good job we have
Indiana we do a pretty good job we have about up to 100 courses and what we call
about up to 100 courses and what we call
about up to 100 courses and what we call the core transfer library that allows us
the core transfer library that allows us
the core transfer library that allows us to do that but we could do so much more
to do that but we could do so much more
to do that but we could do so much more with it
with it
with it and what if we really let adults able to
and what if we really let adults able to
and what if we really let adults able to write off all those costs and if we
write off all those costs and if we
write off all those costs and if we engaged our employers in helping to give
engaged our employers in helping to give
engaged our employers in helping to give them tax credits where they could really
them tax credits where they could really
them tax credits where they could really not only for the time that expense of
not only for the time that expense of
not only for the time that expense of that retraining but if they let you do
that retraining but if they let you do
that retraining but if they let you do the time off because guess what adults
the time off because guess what adults
the time off because guess what adults live really busy lives they have
live really busy lives they have
live really busy lives they have families they have commitments they have
families they have commitments they have
families they have commitments they have other things but could we really look at
other things but could we really look at
other things but could we really look at this very very differently but what we
this very very differently but what we
this very very differently but what we know is the future is gonna be very
know is the future is gonna be very
know is the future is gonna be very different out there we are in the midst
different out there we are in the midst
different out there we are in the midst of this displacement going on around us
of this displacement going on around us
of this displacement going on around us we’re seeing it and yet how do we
we’re seeing it and yet how do we
we’re seeing it and yet how do we prepare for it in higher education is
prepare for it in higher education is
prepare for it in higher education is going to need to be a really really big
going to need to be a really really big
going to need to be a really really big piece of it this notion of tsunami there
piece of it this notion of tsunami there
piece of it this notion of tsunami there is a tsunami coming in work force
is a tsunami coming in work force
is a tsunami coming in work force displacement across the careers I shared
displacement across the careers I shared
displacement across the careers I shared but many many more the question is will
but many many more the question is will
but many many more the question is will higher education will government’s will
higher education will government’s will
higher education will government’s will be employers well States and federal
be employers well States and federal
be employers well States and federal leaders step up and say how do we help
leaders step up and say how do we help
leaders step up and say how do we help be a part of this solution and will we
be a part of this solution and will we
be a part of this solution and will we be able to be the lifeline to the middle
be able to be the lifeline to the middle
be able to be the lifeline to the middle class thank you
class thank you
class thank you [Applause]
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