FACT CHECK: Parson right about people with degrees in Missouri [View all]
Gov. Mike Parson used his first State of the State address to announce his goals for Missouri, one of the primary ones being job force development. He’s allocated $22 million toward a new scholarship program called Fast Track that can be used by Missourians at community colleges, technical schools and universities.
The program is for ages 25 and older and is intended to help fill jobs in “high-demand” industries, though Parson didn’t clarify what these jobs are.
"And I want to be clear too: We are always going to need architects, doctors, we’re going to need professionals with four-year degrees. But 65 to 70 percent of the people in Missouri don’t have degrees," Parson said in an interview on KCUR on Jan. 24.
We wondered if he is right that about two-thirds of Missourians don’t have a college degree.
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