{"id":2117,"date":"2015-03-05T17:53:15","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T17:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hr-softwareblog.com\/?p=2117"},"modified":"2015-03-05T21:22:25","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T21:22:25","slug":"mismatch-goals-education-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Is There a Mismatch between the Goals of Education and Business in the U.S.?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Business-education.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2119\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Business-education-287x300.jpg\" alt=\"business education\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" data-wp-pid=\"2119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Business-education.jpg?resize=287%2C300&amp;ssl=1 287w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Business-education.jpg?w=430&amp;ssl=1 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a>There&#8217;s a very old joke about schooling where one businessman asks his other businessman friend, \u201cNice to see you. How are things going?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know&#8230; the usual,\u201d the man responds, \u201cbut I still haven&#8217;t been asked to do any algebra today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is a story familiar to anyone who has suffered through an educational course that does not seem to have any bearing on their future career. While this story is obviously apocryphal, there are many business owners who lament the quality and the training of entry-level job applicants. Indeed, it makes one wonder if there really is a disconnect between the vaunted American college education and the needs of U.S. businesses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are we teaching?<br \/>\n<\/strong>The consensus among business owners and managers is not a lack of jobs but a lack of qualified applicants \u2013 the people applying simply do not have the necessary skills to fill the position. This leaves employers in the unenviable position of \u201cfighting\u201d for merely adequate \u2013 never mind, the best \u2013\u00a0\u00a0 employees in what is arguably the highest unemployment environment since the great depression.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even more troubling, the entry level skills required by these companies are not things like advanced statistical analysis or advanced C++ programming \u2013 although both of these are purportedly being taught at the undergraduate level in American universities \u2013 but merely basic reading, writing, math and problem solving skills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Educational Institutions have become Businesses Themselves<br \/>\n<\/strong>This fact means that institutions of higher learning are no longer interested in providing a trained workforce but are more concerned with optimizing their own bottom line. The disparity here is made painfully obvious in a McKinney study that shows three quarters of educators polled think they are providing \u201cready for work\u201d graduates while less than half of the business people polled think so.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It should be kept in mind that these are not high school or vocational education programs that are being questioned but those offered by the finest secondary schools in the country. Is it any wonder that corporations spend an ever-increasing amount of their HCM budgets on training \u2013 remedial or otherwise?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vocational Training has received a \u201cBad Rap\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>By training their students in \u201creal-world\u201d practical skills; vocational schools have created a track record where the vast majority of their graduates can find a job within 90 days of leaving school. It is a sobering thought, when many more traditionally schooled scholars \u2013 yes, I am referring to philosophy and history majors \u2013 can&#8217;t find a job in the \u201cfood service\u201d industry for a year or more.<\/p>\n<p>As an added incentive, many vocational schools also develop an integrated relationship with businesses in their industry and these companies often offer paid apprenticeships to the students. Contrast this process with the unpaid \u201cinternships\u201d available through traditional college placement offices. Businesses simply cannot rely on this type of free labor if they expect to attract the best applicants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Students Just Don&#8217;t Understand<br \/>\n<\/strong>Some would say the educational industry bears the brunt of the blame for this situation but businesses have been complicit in its execution. The result is that students have been sold a bill of goods where they expect that their services will be needed \u2013 nay, demanded \u2013 when they graduate. It simply isn&#8217;t so.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is time for a severe reconsideration of what education is intended to accomplish and what the needs of students&#8217; are. Colleges be damned. With many degrees costing in excess of $100,000, shouldn&#8217;t the graduates be rewarded with some return on their investment and not just a \u201csheepskin\u201d on the wall?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a very old joke about schooling where one businessman asks his other businessman friend, \u201cNice to see you. How are things going?\u201d \u201cYou know&#8230; the usual,\u201d the man responds, \u201cbut I still haven&#8217;t been asked to do any algebra today.\u201d It is a story familiar to anyone who has suffered through an educational course &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is There a Mismatch between the Goals of Education and Business in the U.S.?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Is There a Mismatch between the Goals of Education and Business in the U.S.? - HRIS - Compare HR Software Blog<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is There a Mismatch between the Goals of Education and Business in the U.S.? - HRIS - Compare HR Software Blog\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There&#8217;s a very old joke about schooling where one businessman asks his other businessman friend, \u201cNice to see you. How are things going?\u201d \u201cYou know&#8230; the usual,\u201d the man responds, \u201cbut I still haven&#8217;t been asked to do any algebra today.\u201d It is a story familiar to anyone who has suffered through an educational course &hellip; Continue reading &quot;Is There a Mismatch between the Goals of Education and Business in the U.S.?&quot;\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"HRIS - Compare HR Software Blog\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/compareHRIS\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-03-05T17:53:15+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-03-05T21:22:25+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"CompareHRIS Team\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@HR_softwareblog\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CompareHRIS Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"CompareHRIS Team\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/18a77760b2a5f2db71188322799edc81\"},\"headline\":\"Is There a Mismatch between the Goals of Education and Business in the U.S.?\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-05T17:53:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-03-05T21:22:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/\"},\"wordCount\":598,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/\",\"name\":\"Is There a Mismatch between the Goals of Education and Business in the U.S.? - HRIS - Compare HR Software Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-05T17:53:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-03-05T21:22:25+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Is There a Mismatch between the Goals of Education and Business in the U.S.?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"HRIS - Compare HR Software Blog\",\"description\":\"HRIS, HCM Systems, HR Software Information\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"CompareHRIS.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/comparehris-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/comparehris-logo.png\",\"width\":404,\"height\":65,\"caption\":\"CompareHRIS.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/compareHRIS\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/759204\/admin\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/18a77760b2a5f2db71188322799edc81\",\"name\":\"CompareHRIS Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b4288d02aec9562e73c308619b3813653152c621ea908cecd7f7e15725d0c9ac?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b4288d02aec9562e73c308619b3813653152c621ea908cecd7f7e15725d0c9ac?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"CompareHRIS Team\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/@HR_softwareblog\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/author\/peocompare\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Is There a Mismatch between the Goals of Education and Business in the U.S.? - HRIS - Compare HR Software Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Is There a Mismatch between the Goals of Education and Business in the U.S.? - HRIS - Compare HR Software Blog","og_description":"There&#8217;s a very old joke about schooling where one businessman asks his other businessman friend, \u201cNice to see you. How are things going?\u201d \u201cYou know&#8230; the usual,\u201d the man responds, \u201cbut I still haven&#8217;t been asked to do any algebra today.\u201d It is a story familiar to anyone who has suffered through an educational course &hellip; Continue reading \"Is There a Mismatch between the Goals of Education and Business in the U.S.?\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/","og_site_name":"HRIS - Compare HR Software Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/compareHRIS\/","article_published_time":"2015-03-05T17:53:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-03-05T21:22:25+00:00","author":"CompareHRIS Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@HR_softwareblog","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"CompareHRIS Team","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/"},"author":{"name":"CompareHRIS Team","@id":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/18a77760b2a5f2db71188322799edc81"},"headline":"Is There a Mismatch between the Goals of Education and Business in the U.S.?","datePublished":"2015-03-05T17:53:15+00:00","dateModified":"2015-03-05T21:22:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/"},"wordCount":598,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/","url":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/","name":"Is There a Mismatch between the Goals of Education and Business in the U.S.? - HRIS - Compare HR Software Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-03-05T17:53:15+00:00","dateModified":"2015-03-05T21:22:25+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/mismatch-goals-education-business\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Is There a Mismatch between the Goals of Education and Business in the U.S.?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/","name":"HRIS - Compare HR Software Blog","description":"HRIS, HCM Systems, HR Software Information","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"CompareHRIS.com","url":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/comparehris-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/comparehris-logo.png","width":404,"height":65,"caption":"CompareHRIS.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/compareHRIS\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/759204\/admin\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/18a77760b2a5f2db71188322799edc81","name":"CompareHRIS Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b4288d02aec9562e73c308619b3813653152c621ea908cecd7f7e15725d0c9ac?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b4288d02aec9562e73c308619b3813653152c621ea908cecd7f7e15725d0c9ac?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"CompareHRIS Team"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/","https:\/\/x.com\/@HR_softwareblog"],"url":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/author\/peocompare\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2govE-y9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2117"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2123,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions\/2123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparehris.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}