And that is very much the kind of service that community colleges can provide.
Promises to invest more in community colleges have fallen flat, and are in any case misplaced.
Recently I listened as a pundit extolled the virtues of state universities and community colleges.
Good afternoon, and welcome to the first ever White House Summit on Community Colleges.
We will use our community colleges to help train people for new opportunities in their communities.
Other businesses are covering tuition for workers who learn new skills at community colleges.
But one of our most undervalued assets as a nation is our network of community colleges.
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We helped universities and community colleges to create new labs and set up a better infrastructure.
Community colleges can also serve as a gateway from a high-school diploma to a baccalaureate degree.
The president has asked me to convene a national summit on community colleges in the fall.
Further investments will be needed, in the state's community colleges as well as its universities.
Had they been more reflective and more observant they would probably be teaching at community colleges.
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They're finding that many of them attended community colleges and studied things like engineering.
Students are seeking new marketable job skills and community colleges offer a viable means to that end.
Or they could link up with neighboring community colleges in what are known as "reverse transfer" agreements.
Over the past 16 years, I have seen firsthand the power of community colleges to change lives.
It is not a coincidence that community colleges educate over 40 percent of all postsecondary students nationally.
And by the way, Miami Dade is rated one of the top community colleges in the nation.
Most Sprint welfare hires start with six weeks of basic-skills boot camp at Kansas City's Metropolitan Community Colleges.
Today in Michigan, not only can school boards authorize charters but so can state universities and community colleges.
You know, community colleges are fantastic, and actually that was one of the things my daughter and I discussed.
The school's president, Dr. Steven Johnson, said community colleges across the country are experiencing increases in enrollments, as well.
"Community colleges are a great value for the money and are less expensive than a four-year institution, " he said.
On Tuesday, the President will join Dr. Jill Biden at the first ever White House Summit on Community Colleges.
Many of the students who attend its seven community colleges are young mothers.
And like her, many may take advantage of one of America's underappreciated assets -- and that's our community colleges.
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Community colleges have done better at recruiting non-whites than the larger state universities.
At least 40 companies are involved in the institute, as well as universities, community colleges and nonprofits, she said.
Companies have long devoted resources to training and development, either internally or through partnerships with universities and community colleges.
The community colleges provide a very good asset that we work with labor in our communities to train people.
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