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15Jul/092

Obama Invests BILLIONS in Community College

Traditionally community colleges are a last resort as a form of higher education, but president Obama is trying to change that. In a speech on Tuesday, Obama has proposed to invest nearly 12 billion dollars in the countrys Community College programs,"$9 billion in grant money to boost academic programs and raise graduation rates, plus another $2.5 billion to upgrade school facilities. It would also fund open-source online courses so that schools don't have to build more classrooms to admit more students.

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