October 12, 2009
Candidates Call for More Degrees, Pledge to Fight 'Brain Drain'
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R. Creigh Deeds, Virginia's Democratic candidate for governor, has pledged to increase need-based financial aid and to guarantee loans for college students.
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R. Creigh Deeds, Virginia's Democratic candidate for governor, has pledged to increase need-based financial aid and to guarantee loans for college students.
Candidates in the two states holding elections for governor this fall are focusing more on jobs, taxes, and the economy than on higher education in their closely contested races.
Still, President Obama's goal for the nation to be atop the world by 2020 in measures of college completion has resonated in Virginia, where both contenders are calling on the state's institutions to award tens of thousands more two- and four-year degrees in the coming years.
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