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Why We Must Fund the Knowledge Economy, an Op-Ed by First Graduate in Good.Is
Originally published in Good.Is on March 12, 2012.
In his 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama said "higher education can't be a luxury—it's an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford." But the hard truth is that it's not. And it won't be until we make some changes and view higher education as an investment in everyone's future.
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Celebrating Our Newest College-Bound Students
Congratulations are definitely in order for the students of FG3, our high school seniors who will be heading off to college in the fall:
Ananta Ahmed -- Sonoma State
Adriana Canchola -- SF State
Anjie Diaz -- Barnard College
Isidro Fajardo -- UC Santa Cruz
Maria Teresa Gallardo -- SF State
Oscar Luna -- Cal Poly Pomona
Bertha Medina -- City College of SF
Runa Miah -- CSU East Bay
Bradley Perez -- San Jose State
Jose Pimentel -- Skyline College
Josselyn Recinos -- USF
Heriberto Rodriguez -- Skyline College
Einar Sevilla -- City College of SF
LaOshia Tillman -- Notre Dame de Namur University
Magali Vasquez -- CSU East Bay
Kevin Wang -- UC San Diego
For all you statisticians out there, that's 100% of our students enrolling in post-secondary education, with 75% attending 4-year colleges. Please remember to congratulate our seniors at the Cap & Gown Celebration on June 12.
-tom
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