The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: New Coalition Seeks To Gain More Support For Community Colleges

June 07, 2012

New Coalition Seeks To Gain More Support For Community Colleges

Community college leaders in Virginia and other states say their schools' roles in giving students an affordable education and job training are undervalued, so they're banding together to fight for federal policy changes. Virginia Community College System Chancellor Glenn DuBois and his counterparts in Louisiana, North Carolina and Indiana have formed Rebuilding the Middle Class. The coalition, which held its first meeting last week in the group's home base of Indianapolis, is raising money in hopes of building its profile among the public and with lawmakers. Read more at:
http://hamptonroads.com/2012/06/new-group-raising-community-colleges-profile

Jun 7, 2012 5:25:56 AM | Community Colleges

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