Georgia Southern University President Brooks A. Keel has been invited by U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, to speak before the committee at a hearing at 10 a.m. Wednesday. During the hearing, titled "Keeping College Within Reach: Meeting the Needs of Contemporary Students," Keel will talk about the importance of preparing the 21st-century workforce and the need for a "Workforce-Grant University." "It is an honor to be invited to testify before Chairman Kline and members of the Committee on Education and the Workforce regarding the role that universities like Georgia Southern University play in economic development and producing an educated workforce for the 21st century," Keel said.