Acknowledgments -- Foreword / John Fallon, CEO, Pearson -- Preface -- The context -- How did we get here? a history of education and training in the united states -- Organization for economic cooperation and development (oecd) better skills, better jobs, better lives -- Educational providers -- Jpmorgan chase -- World economic forum -- Middlesex community college -- University of liverpool -- Employers -- Executive perspective: united technologies corporation -- Employee scholars program -- National football league (nfl) -- Aramark -- Boeing -- Jpmorgan chase -- Coordinating agencies -- Executive perspective : north carolina community college system -- National urban league -- Carnegie foundation for the advancement of teaching -- Africa-america institute -- Northern tier industry and education consortium -- Jobs for the future -- Swiss federal institute of technology -- The path forward -- What do we know about programs to support lifelong learning? -- What might an effective system of lifelong learning look like? -- Index.