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Via U.S. News & World Report:
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., proposed an overhaul of America’s higher education system Monday that would include the wider use and acceptance of free online courses, more information about potential earnings and a “pay it forward” investment plan that he said would allow students to attend college without taking out loans.
Rubio said the country’s “postindustrial era” has replaced some middle class jobs with cheaper labor and made other jobs available – but only to those who have the right education, during a speech at a National Journal’s event on community colleges.
“Those with the right advanced education are making more than ever. But those that do not are falling farther and farther behind,” Rubio said. “The result is a growing opportunity gap between the haves and the have-nots, those who have advanced education and those who do not. And if we do not reverse that trend, we will lose the upward mobility that made America exceptional.”
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