Maryland Targets College Completion For Programs Less Than 4 Years

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley launched an initiative to prepare the workforce to meet an expected surge in jobs requiring certification beyond a high school diploma but less than a bachelor’s degree. A recent study said that by 2016, the state will gain 434,000 so-called middle-skill jobs – including police officers, computer specialists and nurses. Only 37% of the state’s workforce has the credentials to fill those jobs, however. A target of the workforce training efforts will be 730,000 adult residents lacking a high school diploma and fluency in English

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