Tomorrow-proofing at the University of Montana

We believe the most valuable tool we can give our students is the ability to continually shape their futures – so that they are prepared not just for their first jobs, but also for their fourth, fifth and sixth.

Studies estimate that more than half of the jobs today’s students will be doing in the coming decades do not yet exist. Many current jobs will become automated – impacting activities from performing surgery, to designing buildings, to policing communities – but at the same time many new and unimaginable jobs will emerge. The days when a single skillset could take a student from college to retirement are over. Summarizing one’s talents in a single word or channeling them in a single way no longer suffices.