According to the Cherry Commission’s report (2004) postsecondary education also: · fosters discovery of new ideas that create new goods, services, and whole industries;
· prepares people in the disciplines and with the skills demanded by today’s economy;
· builds dynamic, attractive communities where creativity and culture create the quality of place that is today so critical at attracting economic development and jobs; and
· creates greater prosperity for the college educated and non-college educated alike by making the state’s economy more productive and dynamic.