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On the recordMarch 1, 2011
Sometimes, I think maybe, we have our incentives misaligned, and rather than incentivizing not just churning more people through the door, somehow, we have to figure out how to incentivize making sure at the end of the day that the folks who come through the door actually leave with a degree and with an education.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Highlighting the need to align incentives in education for better outcomes.

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