{"id":15260,"date":"2013-03-19T10:37:56","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T20:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=15260"},"modified":"2020-11-17T11:49:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T21:49:03","slug":"hawaiis-educational-leaders-launch-55-by-25-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2013\/03\/19\/hawaiis-educational-leaders-launch-55-by-25-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaiʻi<\/span>’s educational leaders launch 55 by 25 campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"55by25<\/p>\n

The 55 by ’25 campaign<\/a>, a statewide partnership of Hawaiʻi<\/span>’s educational leaders, has set a goal of having 55 percent of working-age adults hold a two- or four-year college degree by the year 2025 or the state won’t be positioned for competitiveness for the 21st century.<\/p>\n

Only 41 percent of Hawaiʻi<\/span>’s working-age adults currently have a two- or four-year degree, according to a recent study.<\/p>\n

Hawaiʻi<\/span> P–20 Partnerships for Education—led by the Executive Office on Early Learning<\/a>, the Hawaiʻi<\/span> State Department of Education<\/a> and the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> System<\/a>—believes that by working together across various community sectors, Hawaiʻi<\/span> can achieve this aggressive 55 by ’25 goal through a collective effort of supporting student success.<\/p>\n

As part of the campaign, the 55by25.org website<\/a> has been launched with specific ideas to help parents from the birth of their children through college, for the students themselves, as well as for businesses and community organizations to participate in. An aggressive radio campaign is also running throughout the spring to heighten awareness of this issue and encourage action to increase Hawaiʻi<\/span>’s educational capital.<\/p>\n

Read the 糖心视频<\/abbr> news release<\/a> for more about the program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 55 by 25 program aims to increase numbers of working-age college graduates in Hawaiʻi<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[511,306,947],"class_list":["post-15260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-55-by-25","tag-hawaii-p-20","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t