University of North Texas President Harrison Keller announced the Texas Talent Accelerator , a program designed to better develop and match workforce talent with employers, during a Sept. 4 panel event at UNT’s Frisco Campus.

In a nutshell

The accelerator aims to optimize education and job training to meet labor demands in the growing North Texas economy, Keller said.

“We have rising sectors in financial services, supply chain and logistics, health care, film and entertainment,” Keller said. “We have the most top-tier higher education institutions of any of the metro areas. ... We have all the pieces of the puzzle, but we need to connect them more strategically.”

Keller said the current labor market data is abstract and too slow to integrate into curriculum design, and the talent ac

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