the basic skills necessary to be productive in a modern industrial setting are increasing steadily. At the same time the national high school dropout rate continues to increase as dose the number of high schoolgraduates who are functionally illiterate as dose the number of high school graduates who are functionally illiterate in spite of their diploma. This means that while the number of highskilled jobs in modern industry is increasing, the number of people able to fill them is on the decline. The impact this will have on industry in the United S tates can be summarized as follows:
1. Difficulty in filling high-skill jobs.
2. Lower levels of productivity and, as a result, a lower level of comoetitiveness
3. Higher levels of waste.
4.Higher potential for damage to sophisticated technological systems.
5.Greater numbers of dissatisfied employees in the workplace.