Obama Calls U.S. Community Colleges ‘Unsung Heroes’

Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama said community colleges are the “unsung heroes” of the U.S. education system and play a crucial role in training American workers to compete in the global economy.

Education is the key to future economic growth and the U.S. is falling behind other nations in the number of college graduates, Obama said today at the first White House summit on community colleges.

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