Conclusions
The decade of the eighties has become a pivotal period for the passage into the information age. Rapid technological advancement has made information potentially more accessible and certainly more important to the processes of business and inquiry. In addition, the move toward a global economy has heightened pressures on both business and education to better develop and use the human capital upon which both depend. Working better with human capital and taking advantage of technological advances often means working together for businesses and educational institutions.
The benefits from cooperation for both parties are strengthened positions and improved ability to react appropriately to the changing environment. The facilitating factors are many, but the barriers are potent. The challenge to the business and education communities is for each to maintain its unique mission within a recognized interdependence.
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Cummings, O.W. Cooperation between business and education to meet the challenge of a changing environment. Journal of Instructional Development 9, 2–6 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02908311
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