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VBHEC President Cox Applauds Higher Education Budget Action This years 400 million investment in higher education completed by the General Assembly today with the Governors support is fantastic news for every student family and business in the Commonwealth. Hunter State funding for schooltowork pipeline is crucial to VAs success We know that in recent years more young people have been leaving Virginia than have been moving into the area contributing to an outmigration trend that our new speaker of the House of Delegates Don Scott has labeled a brain drain. Danilowicz Pace Paid Internships Better Trained Talent and Happy Virginia Employers More than 80 of Virginias citizens agree that our universities colleges and community colleges are a valuable public asset. Strategic and targeted investment by the General Assembly in Virginias topranked institutions will allow us to reach our dual goals of making college more affordable and keeping more graduates in Virginia.