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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Obama Takes Tougher Stance On Higher Education

WASHINGTON (AP) — Access to college has been the driving force in federal higher education policy for decades. But the Obamaadministration is pushing a fundamental agenda shift that aggressively brings a new question into the debate: What are people getting for their money?

Students with loans are graduating on average with more than $25,000 in debt. The federal government pours $140 billion annually into federal grants and loans. Unemployment remains high, yet there are projected shortages in many industries with some high-tech companies already complaining about a lack of highly trained workers.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The government is getting exactly what they are paying for. A bunch of graduated mind numb liberals who can't see freedom past the end of their noses. The government is God to them as long as they say so.

Anonymous said...

He's setting them up so he can cut off college access to the poor.