A recent article published by The Chronicle of Higher Education, entitled "Historic White House Summit to Put Community Colleges in the Spotlight" by Jennifer Gonzalez (see link to it below) calls into question the commitment of the federal government's efforts to enhance the role of community colleges in "leading the world with the highest proportion of college graduates by 2020." The 12 billion dollar program initiative comes with criticism tied to a lack of organization, inclusion, corporate and local company sponsorship and influence, and outcomes tied to "employable skills" and "work-force success" that should make educators wary about what they willing to sell their souls for, so to speak.
Should we not look a gift horse in the mouth or is it a Trojan horse that we should be reluctant to invite into our town square?
http://chronicle.com/article/Community-Colleges-Are-in-the/124816/?sid=cc&utm_source=cc&utm_medium=en
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