- Interview with Edson Barton, CEO and Founder of YouScience. YouScience "helps students build confidence and connects their education to best-fit careers in every stage of their journey." We discuss:
Edson's background
Edson Barton, CEO - Making education meaningful
- Improving standards in schools and for corporate certifications
- Employers say that colleges are not preparing students for the workforce
- Alignment of teaching with a student's career path creates engagement, retention, and improved outcomes
- Increased dropout rate during pandemic
- General studies is fastest growing major but it doesn't prepare students for the workplace
- Liberal Arts education has stripped out career orientation
- Students discover their aptitude using "brain games"
- They learn the "science" of themselves
- Employers discover and recruit students who match their needs
- Podsafe music selection
- Loving Hank by Debbie Poryes Trio - Jazz Pianist, Composer, Teacher & Vocalist
Duration: 57:26
