ALBANY — With education, as in educating the work force of the future, serving as a backdrop, Georgia Chamber President/CEO Chris Clark and Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education Director of Outreach and Engagement Merrill Wilcox laid some heavy truth on business owners and educators at Albany State University Thursday morning.
Part of the state chamber’s The New Georgia Economy symposium that Clark is taking on the road across Georgia, the forum offered a sobering look at the issues that surround training today’s workers for tomorrow’s jobs.
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