As I said in my presentation, it is becoming increasingly important for colleges and universities to work with communities and businesses. We have to give our students a chance to get experience in their field after or during their training.
Right now, that is working a lot better at the college level. At the university level, it depends on the program. More and more institutions are offering co-op programs that enable students to take classes for a semester and then go work for a business to apply what they learned. There are also more and more initiatives that enable businesses to offer internships.
We really have to work on that relationship between communities, post-secondary institutions and businesses to train skilled workers who are workplace-ready upon graduating.