207: Educate 60% of the Workforce by 2025 - with Jamie Merisotis, President & CEO, Lumina Foundation

<p>Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this fantastic episode of <a href="https://www.edupexperience.com/"><strong>The EdUp Experience</strong></a>, sponsored by <a href="//incubeta.com">Incubeta</a>, we welcome <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-merisotis-4799aa9/">Jamie Merisotis</a>, President and &amp; CEO of the <a href="https://www.luminafoundation.org/">Lumina Foundation</a>. &nbsp;In this tremendous episode, we speak to Jamie about a range of topics related to the Lumina Foundation's work at local, state, and national levels to design an affordable learning landscape with the goal of educating 60% of American workers by 2025. &nbsp;College has never been less affordable than it is now; financial aid hasn't kept pace with economic need; what students get in the end is still cloudy. &nbsp;However, without some type of higher education, Jamie believes economic mobility is hindered significantly. &nbsp;Jamie also discusses his book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Human-Work-Age-Smart-Machines/dp/1948122626/ref=asc_df_1948122626/?tag=hyprod-20&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=459617407428&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=16093483628347667638&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9031210&amp;hvtargid=pla-944156618840&amp;psc=1">"Human Work In The Age Of Smart Machines"</a>, and higher ed's responsibility to prepare people for work that ONLY humans can do. &nbsp;Don't miss this episode!</p> <p>Jamie Merisotis is a globally recognized leader in philanthropy, education, and public policy.&nbsp; Since 2008, he has served as president and CEO of Lumina Foundation, an independent, private foundation that is committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to all.&nbsp; He previously served as co-founder and president of the nonpartisan, Washington, DC-based <a href="http://www.ihep.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Institute for Higher Education Policy</a>, and as executive director of a biparti