Speculates on future trends, such as industrial and work force productivity, labor supply, the need for and development of high technology skills, rising educational level and economic status of the work force, labor-management relations, displacement of workers in particular sectors, and the further feminization of poverty. (GC)

Reviews education and training aspects of Clinton proposals and recommends funding of prenatal care, Head Start, and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); parenting training for WIC, Head Start, and welfare recipient parents; revival of career education; expansion of cooperative education and tech prep; assessment of national standards and…

The crisis in preparing people for work stems from many factors: generalization versus specialization, student employment with little guidance or relevance to future work, changing skill requirements, and labor shortages in specific occupations. The focus of reform should be a greater match between skills training and employment opportunities. (SK)