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Conversations with Macomb Community College: The role of humans is changing in the labor economy

by | Jul 12, 2022

Summary

On this week's episode of "Conversations With," Automation Alley’s Tom Kelly speaks with James Sawyer, President of Macomb Community College. Tom and James discuss how the role of humans is changing in the labor economy.

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