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"The future does not belong to those who sit on the sidelines." — Senator Paul Wellstone
Dec/14
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Elizabeth Baylor at AmericanProgress.org posted on that site on December 3, 2014, an excellent review of what’s been taking place on this country’s colleges and universities over recent years along with information on why it’s important to the United States to invest in post-secondary education in the international marketplace.
In addition, the debt load people graduating from college is a massive amount nationally that will impact those graduating financially for years, if not their lifetime.
It’s a long read, but worthwhile. Here’s a link to the online post.
The PDF has more charts. You can download that here.