#5 By what authority would they have an answer to the effectiveness
of education in VT? Inferentially?
Their ability to hire better .Net/mono programmers? Their employees'
skill running MSOffice/Powerpoint,
or balancing their checkbooks and choosing an IRA?
Granted, three of the companies are solidly based in engineering (vs
SAAS); and fulfilling the need for
talent locally should be everyone's desire. But that is related to
post-secondary education and is more
apropos to be asked of UVM, Champlain college, St. Mikes, et al. It
should not be the State's business,
unless the question is defined to mean office/administration
personell who have little advanced education.
The state would have an interest insofar as their money is being used
to fund higher learning institutions. If Vermont companies declare
that Vermont Technical College students are worse than useless, the
state would have good reason to figure out why.
Nick
