Career Planning & Adult Development JOURNAL Volume 31, Number 2 ISSN 0736-1920 Summer 2015 OUR FUTURE: Projections of Work and Life Helen Harkness, Guest Editor QThe Future Q The End of Work as We Know It QJobs and Careers on the Front Line of the Future QSilicon Valley and the New Rules of Work Q Training Challenges Facing Education and Training and Career Development in the Future QOld people are people too, so let’s act accordingly Q Crisis of Human Capital in Aerospace: It’s All About the STEM QCollege for All – Reality or Flawed Myth? QOur Jobs: The American Workforce and Economy in Crisis Q The Future Has Arrived: The Future is Now the Present Summer 2015..............................Career Planning and Adult Development JOURNAL..............................1 CAREER PLANNING and ADULT DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL Volume 31, Number 2 ISSN 0736-1920 Summer 2015 OUR FUTURE: Projections of Work and Life Looking Ahead with the Journal,E\Steven E. Beasley, Managing Editor4 Introduction to this Issue, E\ Helen Harkness, PhD, Guest Editor5 Chapter 1: 7KH)XWXUHE\ Leigh Ellen Key8 Chapter 2: 7KH(QGRI:RUNDV:H.QRZ,Wby Andy Hines10 Chapter 3: -REVDQG&DUHHUVRQWKH)URQW/LQHRIWKH)XWXUHby Gary Marx20 Chapter 4: 6LOLFRQ9DOOH\DQGWKH1HZ5XOHVRI:RUNE\Gary A. Bolles28 Chapter 5: 7UDLQLQJ&KDOOHQJHV)DFLQJ(GXFDWLRQDQG7UDLQLQJ DQG&DUHHU'HYHORSPHQWLQWKH)XWXUHE\Timothy C. 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