INDIANAPOLIS — Columbus Mayor Jim Lienhoop was among speakers at the Indiana Statehouse Tuesday to launch of a statewide initiative to help Hoosier adults complete college degrees.
“You Can. Go Back.” is a coordinated campaign to help 750,000 Hoosier adults who have some college credit but no degree finish what they started.
Its part of a strategy to increase the percentage of Hoosiers with education beyond high school to 60 percent by 2025.
Lienhoop took part in today’s official campaign launch, highlighting the importance of post-secondary education to the economic vitality of cities and towns.
“Approximately 20 percent of adults—about 35,000 people ages 25-64 in our southeast Indiana workforce region—have some college but no degree. Employers in our community are in desperate need of highly skilled people to fill jobs, especially in the advanced manufacturing and health care sectors, which makes up nearly 50 percent of our workforce,” Lienhoop said.