Profound Knowledge Application Opportunity

[TQNELSON@aol.com]

'The Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC) was 
recently presented with an opportunity (most, not being that familiar with Dr. 
Deming, may not have realized it) to apply the System of Profound Knowledge (SoPK) 
I'd like to share with the DEN. 

Specifically, they were presented with statistics that showed actual 
variation that is occuring/has occurred in our country's (system's) population 
characteristics that, according to the Theory of Knowledge, predicts significant 
action is/will be needed to maintain "our system." It will be interesting to see 
if the psychology of "resistance to change" allows the required actions to be 
developed/applied. 

Here's the "data:"

Participants at the recent 2005 FACCC Conference: Meeting of the Minds were 
treated to a tremendous presentation by former Congressman Steve Gunderson (R - 
WI), discussing the country's jobs' revolution and its impact on community 
colleges. 

Gunderson noted that by the year 2030, 76 million Baby Boomers will have 
retired, and there will only be 46 million workers to replace them. That leaves a 
skilled 
worker shortage of 30 million. 

Citing the National Information Center on Highway Education Policy, Gunderson 
added that with 75 percent of new jobs requiring some level of post-secondary 

education, only 35 percent of Americans (age 25-64) have two or more years of 
post-secondary education.'

What do you think?

Del Nelson         
American River College 

When "We the people..." is replaced
by dollars, profits, and greed
it is time to start over!