We find that public/private partnerships achieve the greatest results in all aspects of our business, including workforce training.

If you had to pass along advice to other institutions of higher education within the state about how they should work with other employers, what would you advise them to do?

We call them silos, where money is appropriated but people aren't able to take advantage of it even though they need it because they don't fit the exact criteria.

So she not only had the skills, but she could show that she had the skills.

Again, I want to thank you for taking time out of your schedules to be here.

Thank you very much.

I would say the twin principles are both access and completion; focusing on one without the other doesn't serve us well.

I think teacher tenure is great only if the teachers that are retained are really effective teachers.

If you need further clarification to my comments or have more questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Thank you for the opportunity to testify before the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training in February

Chairwoman Foxx this concludes my remarks. I want to again thank you for the opportunity to testify before this Subcommittee on an issue vitally important to American innovation and commerce.