MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Education leaders have launched a campaign that aims to, in a little more than a decade, roughly double the percentage of working-age West Virginians who have a postsecondary credential.
News outlets report “West Virginia’s Climb” was launched Wednesday at the annual Student Success Summit in Morgantown. The campaign seeks to have 60 percent of working-age West Virginians with a postsecondary credential by 2030.
Higher Education Policy Commission Interim Chancellor Carolyn Long says students, their parents, and working-age adults need to plan for education beyond high school if they hope to land decent jobs and create opportunities for themselves in West Virginia.
Long says this is critical for West Virginia’s economic future, adding that business and industry will have to look elsewhere without educated workers in the state.
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