At UT, Obama calls for more college graduates
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
By HOLLY K. HACKER
The Dallas Morning News
President Barack Obama visited the University of Texas at Austin Monday to deliver a common-sense message: Higher education is important, and this country needs more of it. "America has to have the highest share of graduates compared to every other nation," Obama said. "But Texas, I want you to know we have been slipping."
Obama called education "the economic issue of our time." He said the unemployment rate is nearly twice as high for people who've never gone to college compared with those who have.
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