Higher education slips as a priority, say four former governors
Source: .timesdispatch. Posted By: Claire M...5292 days ago
Higher education has slipped as a national priority even though it is key to both the country's economic recovery and its standing as a world leader, four former governors said yesterday.
"I think that higher education is at risk, and that message is not being communicated clearly and sufficiently enough," former Virginia Gov. Gerald L. Baliles told a coalition of business and education leaders at a daylong conference at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.
Baliles was joined by former Virginia....