Lanier Technical College, over the next eight years, hopes to raise its number of graduates by 5 percent every year.The objective is one of three the college submitted to the Technical College System of Georgia in an improvement plan required by Complete College Georgia, an initiative launched by Gov. Nathan Deal in August 2011.The state’s goal is to add 250,000 post-secondary graduates by 2020 in order to meet projected workforce needs. Some 42 percent of the state’s population holds such a degree, but 60 percent is needed in the next eight years, according to a study done last year by Georgetown University.Lanier Tech, which graduated more than 830 students in fiscal year 2009, aims to raise that number by 5 percent each year, while increasing those who graduate with a degree, instead of solely a diploma, by 40 students per year.