Automation and the challenge to education

This volume provides an introductory description of impact of automation, its effects, the march of technology, and the educational efforts which will be needed to help society adjust to the inevitable changes. The working papers and discussions of an inter-disciplinary symposium held last winter in Washington, D.C., by specialists and scholars in several fields of education, the social sciences, industry, and labor. The general agreement on the topic is that automation will require more intensive education, for the welfare of both the individual and society.