Preparing our Students for a 100-Year Work Life with Dr. Michelle Weise

<p>Aging and longevity experts suggest that the notion of a 150 year life-span is closer than you think. &nbsp;In fact, according to this week's guest, some have suggested that the first people to live this long have already been born. &nbsp;How do we prepare today's college students for a future where the average working life potentially spans 100 plus years and has no beginning, middle, or end? &nbsp;That is the focus of <a href="https://www.riseanddesign.io/about-michelle">Dr. Michelle Weise'</a>s newest book, <a href="https://www.riseanddesign.io/books"><em>Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don't Even Exist Yet</em></a>. &nbsp;&nbsp;In this episode, <a href="https://www.baypath.edu/academics/centers-of-excellence/center-for-higher-education-leadership-and-innovative-practice/ingenious-2/">IngenioUs</a> host, Melissa Morriss-Olson speaks with Dr. Weise about how our current education system is poorly equipped to educate workers for such a long journey and how we must design a new&nbsp;<a href="https://www.stradaeducation.org/learnerecosystem/">learner-centered ecosystem</a>&nbsp;to meet the needs of a new generation of workers. &nbsp;&nbsp;Contemplating a shift from the educational all-you-can-eat-buffet of college and university to an “as-you-need-it” approach to delivering education, Weise explains why and how worker education is overdue for momentous changes. &nbsp;According to Weise, for colleges and universities willing to adopt a long life learning strategy, the benefits for students as well as for the workforce are substantial.</p>