奥巴马Community Colleges “America’s Best Kept Secret”

1、奥巴马community colleges “americas best kept secret” 奥巴马演讲 today, dr. jill biden hosted the first ever white house summit on community colleges. the summit brought together community colleges, business, philanthropy, federal and state policy leaders, faculty and students to discuss how community colleg

2、es can help meet the job training and education needs of the nations evolving workforce, as well as the critical role these institutions play in achieving the presidents goal to lead the world with the highest proportion of college graduates by 2021. as dr. biden said in her remarks earlier today, c

3、ommunity colleges are “one of americas best-kept secrets,” providing affordable, quality higher education to millions of americans each year and preparing them for the jobs of the 21st century: getting americans back to work is americas great challenge. and community colleges are critically importan

4、t to preparing graduates for those jobs. we are here today because community colleges are entering a new day in america, and heres why: for more and more people, community colleges are the way to the future. theyre giving real opportunity to students who otherwise wouldnt have it. theyre giving hope

5、 to families who thought the american dream was slipping away. they are equipping americans with the skills and expertise that are relevant to the emerging jobs of the future. theyre opening doors for the middle class at a time when the middle class has seen so many doors close to them. in his remar

6、ks at the opening session of the summit, president obama emphasized the importance of providing all students with access to higher education to meet his goal of having the highest proportion of college graduates by 2021. thats why last year i launched the american graduation initiative. i promised t

7、hat we would end wasteful subsidies to big banks for student loans, and instead use that money to make college more affordable, and to make a historic investment in community colleges. and after a tough fight, we passed those reforms, and today were using this money towards the interest of higher ed

8、ucation in america. and this is helping us modernize community colleges at a critical time - because many of these schools are under pressure to cut costs and to cap enrollments and scrap courses even as demand has soared. its going to make it possible for colleges to better harness technology in th

9、e classroom and beyond. and its going to promote reform, as colleges compete for funding by improving graduation rates, and matching courses to the needs of local businesses, and making sure that when a graduate is handed a diploma it means that she or he are ready for a career. were also helping st

10、udents succeed by making college more affordable. so weve increased student aid by thousands of dollars. weve simplified the loan application process. and were making it easier for students to pay back their loans by limiting payments to 10 percent of their income. but reaching the 2021 goal that iv

11、e set is not just going to depend on government. it also depends on educators and students doing their part. and it depends on businesses and non-for-profits working with colleges to connect students with jobs. 奥巴马演讲 president barack obama and dr. jill biden take part in the white house summit on co

12、mmunity colleges, highlighting the critical role that community colleges play in developing americas workforce and reaching our educational goals, in the east room of the white house, october 5, 2021. (official white house photo by pete souza) .the president also reiterated the importance of investi

13、ng in education as a means of growing our economy even in tough economic times a point he made yesterday when he announced the skills for america program. thats why i so strongly disagree with the economic plan that was released last week by the republican leaders in congress, which would actually c

14、ut education by 20 percent. it would reduce or eliminate financial aid for 8 million college students. and it would leave community colleges without the resources they need to meet the goals weve talked about today. instead, this money would help pay for a $700 billion tax cut that only 2 percent of

15、 the wealthiest americans would ever see - an average of $100,000 for every millionaire and billionaire in the country. and that just doesnt make sense - not for students, not for our economy. think about it. china isnt slashing education by 20 percent right now. india is not slashing education by 20 percent. we are in a fight for the future - a fight that depends on education. and cutting aid for 8 million students, or scaling back our c