University of Louisiana colleges are pushing folks to return to college and complete their degree
Brikinya McZeal is about to start taking college classes again, lured back to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette 15 years after leaving by a new state push to boost the woeful number of adults in Louisiana with a college degree and the skills needed in a changing workforce.
McZeal, 35, plans to take 12 hours online during the fall semester to go with the 47 she already has in hopes of earning a degree in business management.
What got her attention is a new program called Compete LA, which is targeting the 1 in 5 adults in Louisiana — 653,000 — who went to college but left without a degree.
Louisiana ranks 49th in the nation in education attainment, with just 23.4 percent of adults earning a bachelor's degree or higher, according to state figures.
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