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Search results for "More college students are building startups instead of getting beaten down by a bad job market"

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Peter Shumlin stated on May 21, 2014 in MSNBC:
"Nathan Deal cut the HOPE scholarship program so that literally 100,000 Georgians will not be able to go to college or get technical training that they so badly needed to raise -- you know, give them a chance at a good job."
By Nancy Badertscher• May 30, 2014
Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2016 in a speech:
Says Hillary Clinton is "proposing to print instant work permits for millions of illegal immigrants to come in and take everybody's jobs, including low-income African-Americans."
By Tom Kertscher• August 18, 2016
Andy Gronik stated on July 11, 2017 in an interview:
Wisconsin is "dead-last in creating new businesses" for "three years in a row."  
By Tom Kertscher, Andrew Mollica• July 26, 2017
Bill Haslam stated on October 18, 2012 in an article for Time magazine.:
Says Tennessee’s higher education funding model "is 100 percent outcomes-based" and "we are already seeing this model changing the way our postsecondary institutions do business."
By Richard Locker• November 11, 2012
Kasim Reed stated on January 31, 2014 in a speech:
"Right now, we only keep 50 percent of Georgia Tech's graduates."
By Eric Stirgus• February 11, 2014
Mitt Romney stated on August 20, 2012 in statements during a rally at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH :
"Half the kids coming out of college this year … can't find a job, or a job that's consistent with a college degree."
By Maryalice Gill• August 27, 2012
Scott Walker stated on October 16, 2011 in an interview:
"The largest category of people coming into the technical schools in Wisconsin are people with four-year degrees."
By Tom Kertscher• October 26, 2011
Bloggers stated on October 23, 2009 in a posting on many blogs.:
Barack Obama wrote a thesis at Columbia University in which he criticized "plutocratic thugs" and said the Constitution gave Americans "the shackles of hypocrisy."
By Louis Jacobson• October 26, 2009
Russ Feingold stated on June 05, 2015 in a speech:
Says U.S. Senate opponent Ron Johnson "is opposed to all government-assisted student loans."
By Tom Kertscher• June 19, 2015
Marco Rubio stated on January 12, 2015 in a book:
Administrative employees at colleges and universities have "more than doubled over the last 25 years, outpacing the growth of students by more than 2 to 1."
By Louis Jacobson• January 12, 2015
Scott Walker stated on February 27, 2015 in an interview:
"I unsealed my records" at Marquette University. 
By Tom Kertscher• March 12, 2015
Howard Dean stated on November 15, 2016 in an interview:
Says Scott Walker left college "under an ethical cloud for having tried to fix" the election for student body president.  
By Tom Kertscher• November 18, 2016
Donald Trump stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Sarah Palin:
"We have 93 million people out of work. They look for jobs, they give up, and all of a sudden, statistically, they're considered employed."
By Louis Jacobson• August 31, 2015
Mitt Romney stated on May 17, 2012 in a private campaign fundraiser:
"Fifty percent of kids coming out of school can't get a job."
By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson• September 18, 2012
Elizabeth Warren stated on July 25, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic convention:
"Donald Trump said he was excited for the 2008 housing crash that devastated millions of American families, because he thought it would help him scoop up more real estate on the cheap."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• July 26, 2016
Greg Abbott stated on January 31, 2017 in his State-of-the-State address:
"Midland, Texas, now beats the San Francisco area in the percentage of jobs created by startups."
By W. Gardner Selby• February 24, 2017
Don Gaetz stated on June 11, 2013 in an op-ed:
"More than half of last year's U.S. college graduates are unemployed or underemployed."
By Aaron Sharockman• June 14, 2013
Newt Gingrich stated on January 28, 2012 in comments at a campaign event:
Students today "take more years to get through" college.
By Louis Jacobson• January 30, 2012
John Boehner stated on March 07, 2012 in a news release:
"New business startups are at the lowest levels in 30 years."
By Tom Feran• March 23, 2012
Mitt Romney stated on December 07, 2011 in an interview on Fox News:
"Speaker Gingrich has said that we ought to get rid of our child labor laws."
By Molly Moorhead• December 14, 2011

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