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Friday, April 18, 2014
Obama Counsels Students on Options to a 4-Year Degree - Chris Good, ABC
It would be a cultural shift, but the Obama administration is hoping to change the perception of two- and four-year universities and what is needed for success. Through two new skills-training programs, utilizing grant money announced in 2010, the administration is encouraging a competition to foster courses developed by industry at the community college level and an apprentice job scholarship program. President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden appeared at a community college in Pittsburgh this week to announce $500 million in grant funding for community college job-training programs and $100 million in funding for apprenticeship grants.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/04/obama-counsels-students-on-options-to-a-4-year-degree/