Show S Society Desires Access And Wants Wan ts To Dispose L. L C Of As Fast A Things Just Throw-away Throw Society We are becoming a throw-away throw society says Dr OD aD Carnahan President of Utah Technical College at Salt Lake Not only do we desire instant access knowledge and success says the community college president but also society wants to dispose of things just justas as fast Technological al creativity generates technological In with the new out with the old seems to b be the philosophy of the My fear is that in our throw-away throw mood we are abandoning good people Mature l capable workers are being displaced They are the ones who know how to work who value their jobs Too often business and industry are casting them aside in favor of literate computer-literate youngsters who work for less because of their inexperience Dr Carnahan suggests colleges such as Utah Tech can be used to keep today's workforce trained re-trained particularly as to computer Most enlightened business people recognize the obsolescence e cycle is down to four or five years Continuing education is the answer says the President fit Custom training by higher education will satisfy the particular particular- needs of a business It is far less expensive for a community college or other oriented education-oriented organization to design a specific class to update workers' workers needs than for a company to set up its own education department literacy Computer cy is a big area that frightens many adults The colleges have the computers They have the faculty They can t teach ach beginners as well as sophisticates Continuing education lifelong learning is a fact of American life Business and industry need to plug into it rather than toss aside valuable loyal workers |