Will we be smart enough?
Subtitle: a cognitive analysis of the coming workforce
By: Earl Hunt.
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Labor supply -- United States.; Labor supply -- Effect of education on -- United States.
Description: Will We Be Smart Enough? combines cognitive theory, demographic projections, and psychometric research to measure the capabilities of tomorrow's workforce against the needs of tomorrow's workplace. Characterized by sophisticated machinery, instant global communication, and continuous reorganization, the workplace will call for people to fuse multiple responsibilities, adapt quickly to new trends, and take a creative approach to problem solving.

Will Americans be able to meet the difficult and unprecedented challenges brought about by these innovations? Hunt examines data from demographic sources and a broad array of intelligence tests, whose fairness and validity he judiciously assesses.

He shows that the U.S. labor force will be increasingly populated by older workers, who frequently lack the cognitive flexibility required by rapid change, and by racial and ethnic minorities, who have so far not fully benefited from the nation's schools to develop the cognitive skills necessary in a technologically advanced workplace.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-310) and index.