Community Colleges: A Good Investment?
President Obama's fiscal 2013 budget contains an $8 billion program to encourage community colleges, in partnerships with employers, to train about two million workers for future jobs. There is a problem, however: community colleges have a poor track record in keeping those students around until graduation with any sort of degree or certificate.
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