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Continued Commitment

So even though our support
may still be below the national
average, I think no one can doubt
the sincerity of the
Commonwealth's commitment to
higher education, and I pledge that
that commitment will continue.

Now considering the demands
on state government right now, you
can well imagine that this
administration is interested in any
savings of any kind.

As you know, the most
expensive programs to establish and
operate in higher education are the
graduate programs. While there was
a need at one time for more such
programs in Virginia. I wonder how
much more need there still is today.

I say this because the most rapid
growth in Virginia's higher
education over the past six years
has been in the very expensive
graduate programs.