Educating Our Workforce

The workplace is changing rapidly. Technological advancements, downsizing, and contracting out to specialized companies demand that we continue to develop our adult workers to meet the rising competition. Historically, the Air Force and most private companies have assisted employees with education only if it were job-related or if that employee had lost his/her job as a result of "reductions in force." The United States is one of the richest nations in the world yet it is estimated that we have an adult literacy rate of approximately 20%, indicating that many adults cannot properly fill out an application or read a bus schedule. Given this kind of literacy rate we will have to provide education to our employees in order to build a flexible but smaller workforce.