Leavitt also wants to triple the number of graduates in those fields in eight years. You can t really triple the number of graduates until there s employment for those graduates, Clapp said. This alliance is an effort by the state and industry leaders to bring more quality, high-tech jobs to Utah. In this plan, everybody wins, said Leavitt in the press release. Utah families get higher paying jobs.
Businesses get a well-trained workforce.
And taxpayers get more investment in education and other important needs without new taxes. For this initiative to work, Clapp said his department needs more students. He expects proposals like these to help increase the number in the field. It ll catch their attention, he said. They ll think of things they haven t thought about before.