RPP #209: Edson Barton of YouScience

Rod's Pulse Podcast

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• Interview with Edson Barton, CEO and Founder of YouScience. YouScience "helps students build confidence and connects their education to best-fit careers in every stage of their journey." We discuss:

• Edson Barton, CEO

  Edson's background
• Making education meaningful
• Improving standards in schools and for corporate certifications
• Employers say that colleges are not preparing students for the workforce
• Alignment of teaching with a student's career path creates engagement, retention, and improved outcomes
• Increased dropout rate during pandemic
• General studies is fastest growing major but it doesn't prepare students for the workplace
• Liberal Arts education has stripped out career orientation
• Students discover their aptitude using "brain games"
• They learn the "science" of themselves
• Employers discover and recruit students who match their needs

• Podsafe music selection
• Loving Hank by Debbie Poryes Trio - Jazz Pianist, Composer, Teacher & Vocalist

Duration: 57:26