The Journal and Courier has an article where once again Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman is traveling the state touting agriculture as Indiana’s future. Oh, and doubling hog production.
As I’ve discussed before, I think this lack of vision contributes to our much bewailed brain drain. A healthy agricultural base is a good thing for Indiana, but I don’t think agriculture is the way forward.
As I mentioned in the prior entry:
Indiana ranks 46th in the nation in terms of adults with college education. 21.1% of adult Hoosiers have a college degree, compared to a nationwide average of 28%. But it’s not because we don’t educate our kids. 63% of Hoosier high school graduates go on to college, 10th in the country. But they don’t graduate and they don’t stay – Barely half graduate within 6 years and, of those who do, 20% leave for other states. The article says that the jobs for graduates are located elsewhere, and the manufacturing jobs we did have are going away.
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