Economists say higher education key to business development

The key to economic diversification is collaboration between private industry and higher education, a panel of experts from four Western states said Friday at the UNLV.

Every state has economic development opportunities, but identifying those clusters of business development and attracting venture capital to fund them has proven to be a stumbling block for many regions struggling to recover from the recession.

Higher education is paramount to those efforts, Rob Lang, said director of Brookings Mountain West at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

By HUBBLE SMITH

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