"In the year ahead, Mayor Nutter's administration will open an office to help more city residents to and through college, and seek from area universities up to 100 new scholarships for city students.
It's part of a push to sharpen the city's focus on higher education - an area not often embraced by mayors traditionally more consumed with their kindergarten-through-12th-grade school systems.
'If we are going to remain economically competitive as a region, we have to get more kids going to college,' said Lori Shorr, Nutter's chief education officer."
It's part of a push to sharpen the city's focus on higher education - an area not often embraced by mayors traditionally more consumed with their kindergarten-through-12th-grade school systems.
'If we are going to remain economically competitive as a region, we have to get more kids going to college,' said Lori Shorr, Nutter's chief education officer."
