Summary
In October, Governor Gary Herbert's Education Excellence Commission set an ambitious goal to significantly increase the educational credentials of Utah's working population. Specifically, the commission hopes that by the year 2020, 66 percent of Utahns ages 20 to 64 will have a postsecondary degree or certificate. The reason that this is ambitious is that currently only 39 percent of Utahns hold an associate degree or higher. The reason this is seen as necessary is that the high-paying jobs of a global economy demand a more educated workforce.
But reaching that goal will depend on radically changing how Utah's colleges and universities retain and teach students rather than on simply recruiting more kids.See the full content of this document
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The Utah System of Higher Education has started to break this goal into its component parts. Eleven percent of the 66 percent would be met ...
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