Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Good News for Community Colleges

The nations's community colleges got some got news from President Obama Tuesday when he unveiled a $12 billion reform and expanion plan. The president said his plan will focus on getting people educated so they can get into the workforce.

At the center of this plan is online learning. He is proposing $500 million to develop new online courses that would be free and in the public domain.

Interesting concept that has lots of possibilities. We'll certainly be exploring some of them at Montgomery College. To read more about the plan, check out this story in the Washington Post.

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