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Michael Bennet: If you are born into a low-income neighborhood in this country, your chances of graduating with a college degree are…

On the recordJune 22, 2011
If you are born into a low-income neighborhood in this country, your chances of graduating with a college degree are around 9 in 100.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet highlights the low college graduation rates for those from low-income neighborhoods.

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