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Obama aims to lift college graduation rates, but his tools are few

  • 08-10-2010
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By Scott Bland/Christian Science Monitor

When President Obama spoke at the University of Texas, Austin, on Monday, he urged the United States to retake the world lead in college graduation rates by 2020. Mr. Obama highlighted the relationship between education and economic growth in his speech, saying that the future of American prosperity relies on a better-educated workforce. Raise the community college graduation rate But there is a key distinction between Obama’s lofty goals for America’s economy and higher education.  (more...)

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