GE, Harvard professor stress college-corporate partnerships to build 21 century workforce

(University of Vermont) For the first time in two decades there are more job opening in the United States than unemployed Americans. But lack of college-educated workers could result in 20 million high-paying jobs going unfilled over the next decade. Securing these coveted jobs remains particularly elusive for those living in poverty who are eight times less likely to earn a college degree than their wealthier counterparts.

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