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Economic Outlook in SREB states
Data on how automation will affect SREB states.
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The SREB Region’s Economic Outlook
The Potential Impact of Automation and AI
As companies continue to incorporate new technologies, making machine learning and robotics common in almost all workplaces, more and more working adults need to adapt to computerized work activities. Many need to move into new jobs raising their skill levels, or they will be out of a job altogether. This policy brief examines the ways automation and artificial intelligence will impact the workforce and encourages states and industry leaders to act quickly to prepare employees for the workplace transformations.
Unprepared and Unaware
Upskilling the Workforce for a Decade of Uncertainty
This report examines how technology and automation are changing the job market — and what states can do to prepare adults for the new workplace. It analyzes shifts from low- to middle-skills jobs, details current education levels and offers recommendations for retooling adult education programs.
More Unprepared Than We Thought
Adult educational attainment
Low-skilled workers are being left behind as technology shifts the workforce toward the middle-skills level. Educators and policymakers will need to reach these adults with education and training to fill plentiful, well-paying middle-skill jobs in their states. This fact sheet summarizes trends and state policy concerns.