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Ohio Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel urges Midwest colleges to align programs with regional workforce needs
Summary
At the Midwestern Higher Education Compact conference in Cleveland, Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel urged higher-education leaders to use historical review, contemporary data and forward-looking planning to produce a workforce for regional employers and highlighted a statewide youth fitness pilot that drew broad participation.
Jim Tressel, lieutenant governor of Ohio, used a keynote at the Midwestern Higher Education Compact conference in Cleveland to press colleges and universities in the region to align academic programs with current and projected labor-market needs.
Tressel opened by describing a governor-directed youth fitness challenge pilot for grades 4–8 that he helped assemble quickly. "We got a response from 700 high schools, 183,000 kids," he said, describing instructional videos, assemblies and recognition events used to engage students.
The lieutenant governor framed that effort as an example of rapid, cross-agency work and pivoted to…
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