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        <title><![CDATA[Margaret Spellings - Senior Consultant/Founder]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Margaret Spellings is a senior consultant at the policy nonprofit Texas 2036. She was formerly president of the University of North Carolina System and served as secretary of education in the George W. Bush administration.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[America's Got Talent (and Not Just in the Ivies)]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Employers can nab top-tier talent by looking far beyond top-tier institutions. And they can help fix the college admissions mess in the process.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Margaret Spellings]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2019 11:00:27 GMT</pubDate>
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