State officials say in another ten years, 60% of jobs in Georgia will require a post-secondary degree. Right now, just over 40% of Georgians have one and educational leaders across the state are trying to change that.
State education officials say Georgia colleges do a good job providing access to students. John Millsaps, a spokesman for the University System of Georgia, says colleges need to make it easier for students to finish.
“For example, if a student was receiving a lot of difficulty transferring between the systems because of the lack of courses transferring over and they said, ‘Well, I just give up,’ we’ve basically shot ourselves in the foot in terms of helping that student complete college,” he says.
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