Sooo, we don't need to focus on jobs?
Just give more money to the Big-Education/Loan Complex?
If we "educate", they will work?
Michigan needs twice as many workers with college degrees by 2020, study says | MLive.com
"LANSING -- Michigan is going to need to almost double the amount of college graduates living in the state by the end of the decade in order to have a competitive, knowledge-based economy, according to a report released Thursday.
Business Leaders for Michigan released their report "Business Leaders' Insights: How Higher Education Can Help Michigan Become a Top Ten State" Thursday morning.
Doug Rothwell, president and chief executive officer of the group, said higher education has a major role in Michigan's economic growth strategy.
According to the report, 34 percent of Michigan residents have a college degree.
Rothwell said that number needs to be closer to 70 percent by 2020 for Michigan to compete.
...By growing Michigan's higher education sector among the top 10 states in the country, the state would see its gross domestic product boosted by $200 million and see 40,000 potential new jobs coming to the state.
..."If you look at the education attainment rate, we're below average. Resources are below average, look at personal income levels, we're below average," Rothwell said.
"The countries and states performing the best have higher levels of education attainment and support.""
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