Category: Community Colleges in the News
The Democracy Commitment
The formal launch of The Democracy Commitment is scheduled for November 4, 2011, at the offices of The New York Times in New York.
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Walmart Foundation Grant Helps Community Colleges Train Displaced Workers
Phoenix, AZ (August 17, 2009) – Eight community colleges from around the country have been selected to participate in the Walmart Brighter Futures Project led by the League for Innovation in the Community College. The Walmart Foundation is providing a $3.5 million grant to fund the project, designed to help the selected community colleges work with their local and regional workforce development community to offer a variety of services and training to people who are seeking employment following a job loss.
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President Obama speaks at Macomb Community College
President Obama has announced the American Graduation Initiative, a program to reform and strengthen community colleges by providing resources that students and schools need to meet the demands of U.S. businesses. The goal of the plan is to help an additional five million Americans earn degrees and certificates in the next decade.
A full transcript of the entire speech is available here:
The White House - Press Office - Remarks by the President on the American Graduation Initiative in Warren, MI
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