Preparing Workers for the 21st Century: Correlating the Impact of Advanced Training and Human Capital Theory

Since 1993, the American economy has experienced a rapid growth in the pool of workers entering the labor market and a consistent concern for a reduction in the number of people organizations want to retain to maintain its efficiency. For a large number of firms, the dividing line is education level of the prospective employee. This paper attempt to uncover what is the basis for education as the dividing factor and what this means to educators at the post-high school level. Points for consideration are provided that may enable academic educators to convey this significance to students as a means of motivating excellence in the classroom