In today’s Wall Street Journal, there was an article highlighting the importance of college graduates to a region. The article suggests that the more college graduates in a region also provides more employment opportunities for high-school graduate population.

This further illustrates the importance of attracting and retaining the skilled and college-educated workforce of younger professionals as has been chronicled on this blog for several years.

The talent of these individuals drive regional economies and create opportunities for individuals with lesser educational attainment. Unfortunately, strategies and public sector funding continues to focus more on helping create and generate hourly jobs for people who are less likely to grow a regional economy.

That is why the strategy of job seekers acquiring new skills through continuing education continues to be the best alternative at addressing complex regional economic issues.