National Press Club "NEWSMAKER" Media Briefing with CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed

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Feb 23, 2010, 10:54 ET

CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed to speak at 3 p.m. March 2

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California State University Chancellor Charles B. Reed will discuss "Investing in California's Failures or Future" at a National Press Club Newsmakers press conference at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2, in the Lisagor Room, 13th Floor, National Press Building, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, DC.

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Chancellor Reed, head of the largest public university system in the country with 23 campuses and 450,000 students, publicly advocated for the state to reinvest in higher education, as a path to economic recovery and puts the question: "Do we want to invest in California's failures or in California's future?" to the state legislature and the public to answer.

Reed will also address his recent announcement about a systemwide graduation goal for the CSU that will dramatically increase the number of students from under-served communities who earn their degree.

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