Public Policy California s Workforce Skills Gap

Connor Breight Political Sci 1 Tues/Thurs 12:30pm 19 October, 2014 Public Policy: California’s workforce skills gap Problem: The problem I chose to write on is the potential workforce skills gap within California’s population but more specifically within the population of college graduates and how they will effect California s work force now and in the future. In the Public Policy Institute of California’s 2025 report a potential mismatch was shown between the level of education the future population is likely to poses, and the level of education that will be demanded by the future economy. This reveals that California is facing a serious issue with it’s supply of college educated workers. Projections of the states economy shows a steady increase of demand for an educated workforce but California is unlikely to meet this demand unless the decision makers implement policies that greatly effect changes in college attendance and graduation rates among the states college youth. â€Å"If current trends persist, California wil l have one million fewer college graduates than it needs in 2025—only 35 percent of working-age adults will have a college degree in an economy that would otherwise require 41 percent of workers to have a college degree† (Johnson, Hans, Ria Sengupta). 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