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The Leaf Chronicle, Clarksville, Tenn. - Editorial

February 3, 2012

The president has criticized rising tuition costs and mounting student loan debts as obstacles to the middle class and long-term economic improvement. Last week's national unemployment report underscores the president's concerns about higher education costs. Employers added 243,000 jobs, the second straight month of better-than-expected gains, and the unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent. But economists worry that there are two job markets - a promising one for college graduates and people with advanced technical training, and a dismal one for those without higher education.

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