Work Ahead Reading List

What do the experts have to say about the future of work? Browse this list of helpful resources about the changing workplace and the role of higher education in preparing students for it.

1. How colleges are preparing students for jobs that don’t exist yet. – PBS News Hour
    
2. Technology, jobs, and the future of work. – McKinsey Global Institute
    
3. Beyond the Industrial Revolution education model: Sal Khan on training and skills in the 21st century. – McKinsey Global Institute
    
4. ‘Find Your Passion’ Is Awful Advice – The Atlantic
    
5. Skills Learned in School Differ From Those Demanded at Work – Gallup
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6. Workism Is Making Americans Miserable – The Atlantic
    
7. The Future of Leadership Development: A Global Mindset – Gallup

Additional readings for October 2019:

1. Forces of change: The Future of Work – Deloitte 
    
2. The future of work in America: People and places, today and tomorrow – McKinsey & Company
    
3. What is the future of work? Redefining work, workforces, and workplaces – Deloitte
    
4. Reimagining higher education – Deloitte University Press
    
5. With Changing Students and Times, Colleges are Going Back to School – New York Times
    
6. Saving the Liberal Arts – AEI
    
7. How higher ed has to change to remain relevant in the future – Inside Higher Ed