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"You have to know you're probably in for a rough time in a debate when one of the people arguing for your 'side' is known for telling you you're a shell of your former self," Inside Higher Ed reports. "That's how it was for higher education Friday night at a debate at the National Press Club here sponsored by the University of Virginia's Miller Center for Public Affairs, designed to argue the statement: 'To remain a world class economic power, the U.S. workforce needs more college graduates.' ... Margaret Spellings, the former U.S. education secretary, made it clear that she didn't just want to pour more Americans into 'this broken system' of higher education, language that will resonate with those who followed her administration's policies and rhetoric."