RWBNews: Obama thinks that Community Colleges need help hooking up with industries. I hope Professor Obama Einstein can buy a clue soon because he wastes more money than a college kid with a new credit card.
By Corey Boles for DowJonesNews http://english.capital.gr/News.asp?id=1058793
Source: MSNBC
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- President Barack Obama will announce on Monday an initiative aimed at improving partnerships between community colleges and industry around the country with a bid to spur job opportunities for graduates, according to a White House official.
Called "Skills for America", the scheme will seek to establish least one partnership between community colleges and industry in every state. It will set a national goal of achieving an additional 5 million community-college graduates by 2020.
The White House is hoping to pair with large U.S. corporations to advance the effort. It said companies including PG&E Corp. (PCG), Gap Inc. (GPS), McDonald's Corp. (MCD), United Technologies Corp. (UTX) and Accenture PLC (ACN) have said they plan to cooperate in the program.
A new White House task force will be established to coordinate efforts between the private and public sectors to best leverage for the effort, the official said.
Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, will host a White House summit on community colleges on Tuesday to highlight the role played by community colleges in U.S. post-secondary education.
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