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Tuesday, 14 July 2009 10:27

Obama Plans Community-College Initiative

By ROBERT TOMSHO

President Barack Obama plans to announce a community-college initiative designed to boost graduation rates, improve facilities and develop new technology. The effort will involve $12 billion in spending spread over the next 10 years.
 
Mr. Obama has called education key to the nation working its way out of the recession and competing more effectively internationally. Saying he wants to bolster high-school and college-graduation rates for all Americans, he has used the availability of additional federal funds to try to persuade budget-strapped states, public schools and colleges to undertake new initiatives.
The president is scheduled to unveil the community college program during a speech in Warren, Mich., Tuesday.
 
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