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Women at teacher recruiting The University of Southern Indiana was founded in response to community need for public higher education. With USI in its forty-third year, the acceptance for public higher education in southern Indiana is evidenced by the more than 26,000 University of Southern Indiana graduates since the first graduating class in 1971, with about 74 percent remaining in the state of Indiana after graduation. From the beginning, the University’s primary goal has been to expand access to postsecondary education and provide service to the citizens of the southern Indiana region. The number of students from southwestern Indiana who enroll in postsecondary programs has outpaced the state and national averages. The University has helped to overcome both geographic and financial barriers to higher education.

With southern Indiana in the midst of economic expansion with Toyota and related manufacturing interests, education is playing an even larger role in regional development. There is increased importance for education and re-education of the workforce to achieve economic competitiveness, as revealed in the 2007 report of the USI President’s Task Force on Economic and Workforce Development. Improving the educational attainment level and skills of the citizens of Indiana is critical to the future of the State. The University is committed to providing service to the southern Indiana region by expanding educational opportunities and working in partnership with the community to fulfill both the service and applied research needs of the area. As an example, the Center for Applied Research identified more than 80 applied research projects for regional businesses, communities, and agencies in the first two years of operation.

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