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Chris Murphy: “If you set rigorous completion rates, and you don't reach them, you should not be funded anymore.”

On the recordJanuary 24, 2018
If you set rigorous completion rates, and you don't reach them, you should not be funded anymore.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Senator Murphy advocates for funding cuts to colleges that fail to meet graduation targets.

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