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Michael Bennet: “But America is falling behind the rest of the world in the percentage of our population with a college degree.”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2013
But America is falling behind the rest of the world in the percentage of our population with a college degree.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

Editor's note · Context

Bennet points out the decline in America's college degree attainment.

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