Deavenport cited John Templeton, whom he called one of the best financial minds of our time. The standard of living in America will double in the next 25 years because half of all the scientists who have ever lived are alive today. Deavenport says he sees the world in 2004 as greener, healthier, wealthier and wiser. For business, the education crises is very straightforward. When students graduate without certain basic skills, business and society inherit the problem.
Schools operate in a competitive world.
Students today will be competing for jobs someday against young people in Osaka, Singapore and Dusseldorf. Deavenport said industries like chemicals are facing a critical shortage of engineers, scientists and other highly skilled job applicants. We're making good measurable progress, but I can't help thinking that business as a whole has to do more. It has to be recreated for each generation. Copyright 2000 Eastman Chemical Company.