Washington Journal
Obama Administration Proposal on Community Colleges
2009-07-18T08:32:21-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvZTFkXC8yODc4MTMtMDQtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Jamie Merisotis talked about President Obama’s announcement calling for $12 billion in additional funding to the nation’s community colleges, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic correspondence. The community college effort is part of a larger push to retrain unemployed workers and to prepare the U.S. workforce for an increasingly competitive global economy. Mr. Merisotis’s organization, the Lumina Foundation, is an Indianapolis-based, private, independent foundation, whose mission is to expand access to postsecondary education in the United States.
Jamie Merisotis talked about President Obama’s announcement calling for $12 billion in additional funding to the nation’s community college…
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Jamie Merisotis talked about President Obama’s announcement calling for $12 billion in additional funding to the nation’s community colleges, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic correspondence. The community college effort is part of a larger push to retrain unemployed workers and to prepare the U.S. workforce for an increasingly competitive global economy. Mr. Merisotis’s organization, the Lumina Foundation, is an Indianapolis-based, private, independent foundation, whose mission is to expand access to postsecondary education in the United States. close
Jamie Merisotis talked about President Obama’s announcement calling for $12 billion in additional funding to the nation’s community college… read more
Jamie Merisotis talked about President Obama’s announcement calling for $12 billion in additional funding to the nation’s community colleges, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic correspondence. The community college effort is part of a larger push to retrain unemployed workers and to prepare the U.S. workforce for an increasingly competitive global economy. Mr. Merisotis’s organization, the Lumina Foundation, is an Indianapolis-based, private, independent foundation, whose mission is to expand access to postsecondary education in the United States. close
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