Join Paul Fain, Founder of WorkShift.org and a veteran higher education journalist, who focuses on the connections between education and the American workforce in this compelling conversation on with The Rising Storm authors, Ron Hetrick and Hannah Greiser, as they explore how the looming labor crisis will impact workforce development priorities and higher ed’s role in preparing learners for the future world of work.
WEBINAR | Tuesday October 8th
The Looming Labor Shortage: Anticipated Impacts on Higher Education and the Future of Work
Speakers
Ron Hetrick
Senior Economist, Lightcast
Hannah Grieser
Researcher, Lightcast
Paul Fain
Co-Founder, Work Shift
Key Topics
A surge of retirements are coinciding with declining participation for younger generations, and those trends combined will produce a deficit of millions of workers by the end of the decade.
Our current understanding of the labor market is defined by worker abundance, like we had when Baby Boomers dominated the labor market, but we need to revise our thinking toward a mindset of worker scarcity. The labor market tightness of 2022-2023 wasn’t a one-time blip, but a precursor of the challenges to come.
This combination is driving the need for policymakers to tighten connections between education and work. Low labor participation and declining enrollments in traditional higher ed have caught the attention of business leaders and lawmakers—and AI is accelerating the urgency.
