There are challenging realities confronting higher education and its ability to both address today’s talent gap and equip individuals with the skills needed to secure promising salaries and upward mobility. Businesses, too, face similar challenges to find workers with specific skills across every field to address employment gaps and support our local and national economies. Here in Texas, for example, we are leading the nation in job growth, however, employers face challenges in filling open positions due to a middle-skills gap largely attributable to less than 25% of our students earning a post-secondary credential by the age of 24…
