An examination is made of the increasing educational demands of the modern workplace during a time when the makeup of an already shrinking workforce is becoming more composed of minorities, women, and immigrants. Articles in this newsletter issue discuss which jobs will grow and which will decline; the new educational demands and skills required of the new workforce; and the challenges, opportunities, and problems that will exist in the workplace over the next 11 years. A brief discussion of the labor shortage is presented from the aspect of the nation's birth rate and how that labor shortage will need to be replaced by minority and immigrant laborers. (GLR)