On February 6, myFutureNC hosted the Virtual State of Educational Attainment in North Carolina to share the top findings from the North Carolina’s State of Educational Attainment Report and proposed solutions to address the state of emergency around workforce talent and the education pipeline in NC. We highlighted success stories and forecasted needs and clear solutions to help us achieve the state’s educational attainment goal of 2 million degrees or industry-valued credentials by 2030 among North Carolinians ages 25-44.
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We endorse the Department of Public Instruction’s and State Board of Education’s call for career planning for every middle and high school student.
We support and call for the creation of R.A.I.S.E. Scholarships (Reinforcement and Investment to Strengthen the Economy) to extend the state’s existing support for no-cost pathways to short-term industry-valued credentials. This will encourage more North Carolinians to enroll in programs that connect them to career opportunities in high-demand and/or high-growth fields that pay higher wages.