The New American Frontier: Job Training for the Next Technological Age (Work and Learning Series)

A forward-looking blueprint for job training in the age of AI, from the front lines of technological change New technologies are reshaping the foundations of the US economy, with implications that may ultimately affect nearly every industry.But unlike previous waves of technological changes-when gains mostly accrued to the most educated or most privileged amongst us-this time could be different.In The New American Frontier, Rachel Lipson shows that there is still a real opportunity for good-paying jobs that do not require a four-year degree to build these technologies and maintain them. The book tells this story through seven "frontier" regions where new technologies have landed first.Each chapter offers a clear-eyed look at which jobs have actually materialized, which training programs and policies are working, and where education and workforce systems have struggled to keep pace.From batteries in Michigan to AI data centers in Virginia to small modular nuclear reactors in Idaho, The