When the term “knowledge-
based economy” first entered popular discussion —
sometime around the early 1980s — the focus was exclusively
on scientific, technological, and business leadership. Only
gradually did our society come to appreciate the pervasiveness
of the knowledge-based economy. It affects not just the
demand
for high - level technical and entrepreneurial talent but,
indeed, the job requirements for virtually all types of
work.
This growing realization has laid the foundation for broad-scale
reforms of education in the United States and many other
nations.
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