Obama urges students to pursue higher education
President Obama urged high school students today to stay in school and pursue higher education, saying their future — and the nation’s — depends on it. “The fact of the matter is that more than 60% of jobs in the next decade will require more than a high school diploma,” Obama said during his third annual back-to-school speech. “That’s the world you’re walking into.” Obama told students at a Washington high school that the USA used to have “the world’s highest proportion of young people with a college degree,” but “now we’re ranked 16th.”
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by David Jackson, USA Today.