build a pool of skilled workers andfrom statewide and local business development groups.
The report called on the state to spend more to shore up a creaky community college and technical school system that can provide this trainingOver the past 40 years, the state’s share of funding for community colleges — just $2.2 billion in this biennium — plunged to 26 percent from 68 percent, putting more of a burden on students, many of whom say rising tuition has forced them to drop out, according to the report.
Community colleges and technical schools have a critical role to play in closing the resulting “skills gap,” the report said. It recommended that state provide more direct support to community colleges — in the form of grants, for example — as well as enlisting the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to facilitate coordination between community college districts.
It's really simple. Employers need people, with skills, who can get the job done. Unfortunately you can't find that in many 4-year degrees nowadays.
And for years you sycophantic media in support of Government Education wanted everyone to go to college. Sure Chron.