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Josh Shapiro: “After 30 years of disinvesting from higher education…”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

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Josh Shapiro attends ceremonial budget bill signing amid Kamala Harris VP speculation

Published | Video Starts at 37:04

And hear me on this. We need to respect all paths to opportunity and success, all paths to opportunity and success. And for those who choose to pursue opportunity in our college … After 30 years of disinvesting from higher education... enrollment declined and the cost of attending our colleges and universities has skyrocketed. … instinctively that we needed to do better in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. So my first budget address, about a year and a half ago, I stood before a bipartisan group … (37:04–37:31)

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Asserts that disinvestment in higher education over 30 years led to enrollment decline and increased costs.

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