A new study suggests we will never get the new workforce this region and this region?s economy need to be competitive in the future without more highly educated and skilled workers. The La Follette School of Public Affairs study shows twenty percent of American men ages 25 to 54 are not working, compared to less than five percent in the 1950?s….This is a challenge for our education system as well as our job training and employment policies. But it?s clear that as we continue to create more jobs, the next crisis will be in finding workers qualified to fill those jobs.
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