Florida's future prosperity relies on the quality of its work force.

To compete in the fast-changing knowledge economy, we need more well-educated citizens. We need more people with college degrees.

This year, almost 70,000 students graduated with degrees from the State University System.

That's a huge injection of talent into the Florida economy. But 70,000 graduates are not enough to fuel the economic transformation our state needs. Florida needs to produce many more college graduates.

The State University System cannot do it alone. Generating the additional graduates our state requires now will take a coordinated effort of public universities, community colleges and private, independent institutions.

But where is the coordination?


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