The recent whitepaper, “The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm”, has generated significant conversation online about how associations need to lead change with education programs, as associations are uniquely poised to help bridge the growing gap between academic training and employers needs. One particularly insightful commentary from Eric Lanke, the CEO of the National Fluid Power Association, highlighted the importance of creating connections, to enable members to successfully transfer learning to their place of employment – bridging the “education-to-employment gap”.
In his blog, “Education is not Enough“, Lanke describes how his association has attempted to address this gap over the years with association education programs, but also emphasizes the need for new terminology and new initiatives to move beyond “education programs” to “connection programs”:
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