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Five higher ed problems that will face Virginia’s next Secretary of Education

Monday, January 20, 2014 - 10:11pm | Fourth Estate Executive Editor Frank Muraca

As Anne Holton, wife of Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, prepares for her new job as Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth, she'll be faced with a number of issues ranging from early childhood development to university research funding. Here are a few challenges that she'll find in Virginia's higher education system:

1. Meeting the financial needs is becoming a huge problem