60x30TX New Higher Education Strategic Plan for Texas

I found an article in the The Daily Texan entitled "Texas plans to increase college graduation rates by 2030" that I found very interesting. The article talks about the 60x30TX plan, which was recently introduced by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, that talks about the new higher education strategic plan which aims to position Texas among the highest achieving states in the country and maintain its global competitiveness.

The first goal in the 60x30 plan aims to increase the percentage of 25- to 34-year-olds in Texas who hold a certificate or degree by 2030.
However, the completion goal in the plan is to have at least 550,000 students in that year complete a certificate, associate, bachelors, or masters from an institution of higher education in Texas.  It also proposes that these graduates will have marketable skills regardless of major and that, statewide, undergraduate student loan debt will not exceed 60 percent of first-year wages for graduates of Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) adds, “For Texas to keep growing, a skilled and educated workforce will be needed”.

I believe this article is worth reading because higher education promises to improve the lives of Texans. It is something that we must do to maintain a growing economy and ensure that the Texas will be stronger than the one we have today.