I meet young people all across America who cannot afford the price of a four-year education. That’s wrong. To go to a private four-year institution today is going to cost you eight times what it did in 1980. This problem isn’t going away, and we can’t afford to ignore it any longer. To reduce costs, we need to shift our thinking and turn from the old model. That’s why I support an increased investment in online learning. This will make education more affordable and accessible for all Americans. A conclusion that can be drawn about the use of technique in the statement is