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On the recordJanuary 12, 2009
I hope for those that are shocked by the 70 percent graduation rate in high school, that they are even more shocked today to hear that barely 60 percent of our higher education students graduate in 6 years.
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Richard Burr
Republican · North Carolina

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Burr expresses concern over high school and college graduation rates.

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