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Jonas Persson

Jonas Persson is a writer for the Center for Media & Democracy focused on education policy.

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Tripped Up by Truth

Walker wanted the university to "meet the state's workforce needs." For extra measure, he scratched out "the legislature finds it in the public interest" to provide a system of higher education; he instead made it a "constitutional obligation."

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