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West Virginia higher education officials want to increase the number of degrees awarded annually in the state to 40,000 by 2025, more than doubling those awarded last year.
West Virginia’s two-year and four-year public colleges and universities awarded a record 18,000 degrees in 2014, but now higher education officials are looking for ways to increase that number to meet future workforce demands.
The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission and the West Virginia Community and Technical College System announced the “Double the Degrees” effort on Wednesday in a news release. The program is meant to increase the number of college and university degrees awarded in West Virginia.
The agencies say several initiatives are underway to achieve their goal of 40,000 degrees by 2025, including increasing college access and improving the student credit transfer process.
Higher Education Policy Commission chancellor Paul Hill and Community and Technical College System chancellor Sarah Tucker say an increased number of college and university graduates will better position West Virginia to attract quality, high-paying jobs.
Research shows that by 2020, more than half of jobs in West Virginia will require an associate’s degree or higher, but only about 30 percent of West Virginians currently fall in that category.
A new pope, a new effort to save pets in the Mountain State and a new potato chip -- a lot to report on this West Virginia Week.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIn parts of Appalachia, coal mines have given way to a newer industry. Southwestern Virginia has two high-security, supermax prisons: Wallens Ridge State Prison, near Big Stone Gap, and Red Onion, not far from the town of Pound. Prisoners at Red Onion say they live in poor conditions and are often placed in solitary confinement for long stretches of time. Reporter Charlotte Rene Woods has been covering the story.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Week, the federal government continues to announce funding cuts to programs like Americorps, but Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said she is working toward reinstating some federal workers in Morgantown.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe excess revenue is due in large part to personal income tax. April collections were $88 million above estimate, because fewer people received tax refunds and more people had to pay than originally estimated.
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