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Virginia Foxx: Skills are really what students need, not just degrees, but they need skills in order to get degrees.

On the recordOctober 24, 2011
Skills are really what students need, not just degrees, but they need skills in order to get degrees.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Foxx highlights the importance of skills over degrees for job readiness.

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