Everyone’s been talking about the baby boomer generation retiring over the next few years and the impact that will have on our economy. The field of education too, online education in particular, has been focused on the possible impact as well as the number of viable opportunities this phenomenon has opened up. The baby boomer generation will be taking along with them numerous skills vital to the functioning of our economy and replacing those skills has
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The Sorry State Of America’s Declining Skills!
Well, the title says it all. Over 30 long years, America has risen to power on the back of the most skilled workforce in the world. Recent statistics are evidence enough that the United States of America is the most preferred destination for highly skilled professionals around the world. But that has steadily been changing. With the new government norms and the political noise surrounding immigration in the country, professionals from other parts of the world are slowly turning to more