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Tom Harkin: “If high school students knew at the start of their high school that there would be financial aid to help them get to…”

On the recordApril 16, 2013
If high school students knew at the start of their high school that there would be financial aid to help them get to college, it would change their performance in high school.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Senator Harkin discusses the impact of financial aid awareness on high school students' performance.

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