| President Obama wants to get at least twelve billion | | | | than community colleges. |
| into the hands of community colleges, and he'll probably | | | | Community Colleges and their boards often have pet |
| get his way as most legislators would love to bring the | | | | projects and spend money in places that may not |
| bacon home to their local areas for their colleges. | | | | exactly be in getting people re-trained to immediately |
| After all, re-training is the theme of most policy makers | | | | re-enter the workforce upon graduation. Vocational |
| when it comes to putting people back to work. But | | | | Schools on the other hand must place their students, to |
| what about vocational schools, and private colleges, | | | | maintain their student base, and they must be |
| they too offer programs to put people to work in | | | | extremely agile to providing the market what they |
| various industries. | | | | need, when they need it. |
| Indeed, these private enterprises, and schools like the | | | | It's hard to say if the Vocational Schools will be hurt by |
| University of Phoenix for instance is very proactive in | | | | the huge investment in our community colleges, but, we |
| placing students and gearing their classes to what the | | | | must also realize that there are more students now |
| market place is looking for, and the direction that the | | | | than ever as President Obama's economic strategy |
| economy is working. Where ever there are shortages | | | | helps America shed jobs well past 12% unemployment. |
| of labor, those are the classes you will surely find | | | | Please consider all this, as it is a very serious reality. |
| there. Private enterprises are much faster to adapt | | | | |