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Issue Position: Training and Education

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2016
Issues: Business and Consumers Employment and Affirmative Action Higher Education Economy and Fiscal Education

Through my work at the Association of Vermont Independent Colleges, I know how important training and education are to individual and state prosperity. Given the many national and state proposals on free college,

I would like to explore whether there are viable options for making higher education in Vermont more affordable.

It is also clear that high rates of retirement within the trades translate to a need for greater participation for those entering the workforce, especially for women. Workforce certifications -- in areas ranging from cosmetology to auto mechanics -- also offer greater economic opportunity.

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Higher education is a top reason that people move to Vermont and therefore a significant part of growing Vermont's economy and expanding our tax base. After spending their college savings here, these individuals create a pool of talent for employers. Many also start businesses of their own. This is how some of our well-known companies like Danforth Pewter began as well as more recent start-ups like Mophie, Inc., not to mention an array of non-profit organizations working on important social, ecological and economic fronts.


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