Business Matters August 2017 | Page 31

Workforce Success, Corpus Chris- ti has been working to implement policies and practices to support this work locally. The value of a col- lege educated community brings both personal and city-wide bene- fits. When earnings are examined over a career a high school graduate earns $1.4 million compared to an Associate’s degree earning $1.8 million; a Bachelor’s degree equat- ing to $2.5 million and a Master’s degree holder earning $2.9 million according to the recent Center for Education and the Workforce (CEW) at Georgetown University report. In order for this to happen connec- tions need to be made between education and workforce to create informed and aligned pathways. NLC, through it