Michigan State University (MSU) will use $2.3 million
over the next five years to help provide an educated workforce for the state’s
$60 billion agriculture business.
MSU will distribute the money to the university’s High
School Equivalency Program (HEP), which helps students prepare for their
General Educational Development (GED) preparation test.
Educating the state’s migrant population will lead to a
more educated overall workforce, which will fuel the state’s economy, says Luis
Alonzo Garcia with HEP.
“At the end of the day, when we have a better prepared
workforce regardless of the area, we’re all winners,” Garcia says.
Garcia predicts that 300-400 students will complete the
program. In order for the agriculture industry to keep growing, he says, it
needs enough educated, talented workers to move the state’s agricultural
products.
Source: Luis Garcia, HEP
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
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