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Tom Rice: You can educate people from now until doomsday. You can get everybody a Ph.D. But if, when they get out of school, there…

On the recordMay 23, 2016
You can educate people from now until doomsday. You can get everybody a Ph.D. But if, when they get out of school, there is no job for them, you haven't really accomplished much.
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Tom Rice
Republican · South Carolina

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Critiques education without job opportunities for graduates.

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