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Johnny Isakson stated on December 04, 2013 in a speech:

Fifty-three percent of graduates from liberal arts colleges these days can’t find jobs.

By Nancy Badertscher• January 7, 2014

Laura Tyson stated on August 15, 2010 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour'':

"Unemployment for those with college educations is now 4.5 percent. Unemployment for those with more than a college education, below 4 percent."

By Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2010

Viral image stated on March 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"The day Al Gore was born, there were 130,000 glaciers on earth. Today, only 130,000 remain."

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 2, 2019

Melissa Johnson stated on August 06, 2015 in a report:

Georgia has the 9th highest rate of adults, ages 18 to 64, without a high school diploma or GED.

By Nancy Badertscher• September 2, 2015

Stanley Litow stated on February 07, 2023 in a news release:

“Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one.”

By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento• March 8, 2023

Elizabeth Warren stated on August 28, 2022 in an interview on CNN:

"40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.”

By Jon Greenberg• September 13, 2022

Charlie Crist stated on March 02, 2010 in his State of the State address:

"Our graduation rate is the highest it's ever been."

By Lee Logan• March 3, 2010

Rick Perry stated on May 17, 2013 in a press release:

Says 13 Texas universities "have announced or implemented a $10,000 degree."

By Sue Owen• May 31, 2013

Rick Santorum stated on November 09, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Michigan:

"The unemployment rate among (the) non-college-educated is well into the double digits in America. It's 4 percent or 5 percent for people who have college degrees."

By Louis Jacobson• November 10, 2011

George LeMieux stated on February 24, 2012 in a web ad:

Says U.S. Rep. Connie Mack "took seven and a half years to finish college."

By Amy Sherman• March 28, 2012

Bill Hammond stated on August 21, 2012 in an opinion article in the Houston Chronicle.:

Says "if current trends continue, by 2040, one out of three Texas workers will not have a high school diploma."

By W. Gardner Selby• September 14, 2012

Raphael Warnock stated on October 14, 2022 in a debate:

“Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die (from maternal mortality) even when they have the insurance and the income.”

By Louis Jacobson• October 17, 2022

L.C. "Buster" Evans stated on November 12, 2014 in in a press release:

"It has been many years, if ever, since an inmate has completed his or her high school diploma while incarcerated in a state correctional facility for adults."

By Nancy Badertscher• December 16, 2014

Rick Santorum stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation.":

Seventy percent of Americans "don't have a college degree."

By Katharina Fiedler• April 8, 2015

Rick Santorum stated on November 29, 2011 in a speech:

Says the unemployment rate for college graduates is 4.4 percent and over 10 percent for noncollege-educated.

By Eric Stirgus• December 5, 2011

Jim Petro stated on August 11, 2011 in a speech at Ohio State University:

Every 1 percent increase in the number of Ohioans with bachelor’s degrees "means economic activity growing the next year and for each year thereafter (by) $2.5 billion dollars."

By Aaron Marshall• August 30, 2011

Newt Gingrich stated on December 10, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa:

In New York City, "an entry level janitor gets paid twice as much as an entry level teacher."

By Louis Jacobson• December 12, 2011

Barack Obama stated on March 20, 2014 in a speech in Orlando:

"Our high school graduation rate is the highest on record."

By Steve Contorno• March 26, 2014

Joe Biden stated on April 08, 2024 in a speech:

Speaking of semiconductor industry jobs, "Know what the average salary is? $110,000. You don't need a college degree."

By Marta Campabadal Graus• April 15, 2024

Clay Pell stated on April 30, 2014 in a campaign website:

"Rhode Island has the highest dropout rate in New England at twenty-three percent."

By Karen Lee Ziner• June 1, 2014

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