Moving forward, young citizens will create jobs, not seek them, and collaborate to advance an increasingly complex world. That will require imagination, empathy, resilience, and entrepreneurship.
It is time to jettison the notion that education is completed before we enter the workforce. Especially as we live longer and workplace requirements expand, continued learning and retraining are becoming essential.
The lessons each of us gains from life experience are finding their places in the academic world and providing new foundations for lifelong learning as people live longer and workplace demands evolve.