{"id":3583,"date":"2015-05-15T19:58:33","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T19:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3583"},"modified":"2015-05-15T19:58:33","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T19:58:33","slug":"texas-ranks-low-in-providing-businesses-with-skilled-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3583","title":{"rendered":"Texas Ranks Low in Providing Businesses with Skilled Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>by Eric Galatas\/TNS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3584\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3584\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3584\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gr-45908-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"According to a new report, Texas ranks 40th in the nation for providing businesses with skilled workers. It says without greater effort to promote post-high school education, millions of Texans won\u2019t be able to get a living-wage job by the year 2020. Photo: Microtexnano\/Wikimedia Commons.\" width=\"600\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gr-45908-1-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gr-45908-1-1-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gr-45908-1-1-405x277.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gr-45908-1-1-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">According to a new report, Texas ranks 40th in the nation for providing businesses with skilled workers. It says without greater effort to promote post-high school education, millions of Texans won\u2019t be able to get a living-wage job by the year 2020. Photo: Microtexnano\/Wikimedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; By the year 2020, 62 percent of jobs in the Lone Star State will require some form of post-secondary education. But according to a new report from the Center for Public Policy Priorities, only one-third of working adults in the state today have an associate\u2019s degree or higher. Garrett Groves, who co-authored the report, says Texas ranks 40th in the nation for turning out skilled workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not going to allow us to be competitive in the future,\u201d says Groves. \u201cWhen New York ranks eighth, and they have 12 percent more individuals with a higher education than in the state of Texas, that\u2019s a problem we need to move now to address.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Groves warns unless changes are made, the state will continue to rank near the bottom. To catch up with states like New York, he says, Texas needs to move at least 1.2 million more people into some form of post-high-school education. As it stands now, the report says, fewer than one in five eighth-graders, and only one in 10 low-income eighth-graders, completes a college degree or certificate.<\/p>\n<p>Groves says the biggest barrier to post-secondary education is cost. Tuition rates have soared in recent decades as state support has declined, putting college out of reach for many Texans. He adds 60 percent of the state\u2019s graduates leave school carrying an average of $25,000 in debt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe price of tuition and fees in Texas has grown by 344 percent in the last two decades,\u201d Groves says. \u201cIt\u2019s one-and-a-half times what it\u2019s grown in California, and over three times more than what it\u2019s grown in Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Groves says to remain competitive, and ensure that millions of Texans can access decent-paying jobs, the state needs to invest more in post-high school education, particularly for low-income and adult students. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board met last week in Austin, and is set to deliver its new 15-year strategic plan for education in July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Eric Galatas\/TNS AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; By the year 2020, 62 percent of jobs in the Lone Star State will require some form of post-secondary education. But according to a new report from the Center for Public Policy Priorities, only one-third of working adults in the state today have an associate\u2019s degree or higher. 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