Jeb Bush: Higher education is area of common political ground

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FILE - This March 19, 2014 file photo shows former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaking in New York. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Thursday the partisan divide isn’t as wide when it comes to improving the nation’s higher education system as it is in many other areas. Clinton, who like Bush is often mentioned as a potential 2016 president candidate, accepted Bush’s invitation to appear at a conference he is co-hosting on global higher education issues. It begins Monday in Irving, Texas. (AP Photo/Jin Lee, File)

WASHINGTON – Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says the partisan divide isn’t so wide when it comes to improving higher education.

Bush has invited Hillary Rodham Clinton to appear at a conference next week on global higher education issues. Bush and Clinton both are mentioned as potential presidential candidates in 2016. He is a Republican, while she is a Democrat who served as secretary of state.

Bush says in a telephone interview he invited Clinton because the conference isn’t political.

He says there’s a consensus in the country that higher education is important and that it’s hard to argue against improving quality, lowering cost and providing greater access. But he says the question is how to achieve those things.

The conference begins Monday near Dallas.

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