By JEFF AMY
Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Leaders of Mississippi’s universities and community colleges are announcing a plan to encourage people to complete college degrees.
The Complete 2 Compete program aims at people who started college but never earned a degree or certificate.
Gov. Phil Bryant said Thursday at a College Board meeting that the state could use workforce training money and grants to fund an estimated $1.5 million cost, but said students could have to pay for needed classes.
Census figures show 29 percent of Mississippians older than 25 have a two-year or four-year college degree, but another 23 percent took college courses and never earned a degree. Of students with some college, some may already qualify for a degree or be close to completing one.
The program parallels one announced in Tennessee in 2015.
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