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America Needs Talent

Attracting, Educating & Deploying the 21st-Century Workforce

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"This book should be on the desk of every 2016 Presidential candidate." —Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and CEO, New America

With falling wages and rising inequality, persistent unemployment, failing schools, and broken cities, have America's best days come and gone?

In America Needs Talent, Jamie Merisotis, a globally recognized leader in philanthropy, higher education, and public policy, explains why talent is needed to usher in a new era of innovation and success, and why deliberate choices must be made by government, the private sector, education, and individuals to grow talent in America.

What if you paid for education based on what you actually learned, instead of the time you spent in class? What if your visa application was processed as if you were an asset to our nation's growing talent pool, instead of by Homeland Security? Merisotis proposes bold ideas to successfully deploy the world's most talented people—from rethinking higher education to transforming immigration laws, revitalizing urban hubs, and encouraging private sector innovation.

The outlook may be gloomy now, but it doesn't need to be. The second American Century can happen—by developing and deploying the next thinkers, makers, and risk takers who will power America's knowledge economy in the 21st century.

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      September 1, 2015
      America is no longer the hub of culture, talent, and innovation that it was in the twentieth century. Merisotis breaks down why. With the decline of low-skill, mechanical jobs in America and the rise of technology, there is an ever-growing need of new job skills, from low skilled to high and everywhere in between. The four-year campus college approach to education is simply not meeting students' or society's needs. Instead, higher education should be adaptable, time constructive, and learning based, which nurtures each student's individual talent. Talent in Merisotis' world is not some innate ability, necessarily, but the potential every person naturally possesses to contribute to society with his or her unique strengtha lovely variation on the more commodified associations. Merisotis' plan for America to nurture the talent in its citizens is multifacetedrenovate the education system; bring together private, nonprofit, and public sectors to take innovative risks; and reform immigration, to attract talent from abroad. Though the ideas may feel general or obvious at times, these are wise words from a thoughtful leader in the nonprofit world offering a unique perspective on the history and future of higher education in America.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)

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