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Colleges work to keep the dropouts in
March 14, 2010
Soon after taking office, President Obama pledged to meet a new goal. "By 2020," he told a joint session of Congress, "America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world." Private foundations and educational leaders around the country have since launched new initiatives designed to stanch dropout rates. Vermont's leaders have followed suit, affirming support for a state "compact" that aims to raise the state's share of college degree holders from 42 percent to 60 percent in the next decade.
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