“The student community of Presidency College was also politically most active.” CommunityStudentsCollegeActivePresidencyCommunity College Author:Amartya Sen
“In addition to being a nurse, I'm also a small business owner and I taught at a local community college. I'm also a proud mother of three and grandmother of six - all of them wonderful.” MotherThreeCommunityWonderfulTaughtCollegeProudSixLocalsGrandmotherOwnersNurseSmall BusinessBusiness OwnersSmall Business OwnersCommunity CollegeLocal Community Author:Diane Black
“You know, you just know, that after the president goes out there and announces he wants to make community college free for all Americans - as though anything government does is 'free' - or is unilaterally and unconstitutionally legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants, he comes back to the offices, pulls out the presidential BlackBerry, and gleefully follows along as the Right goes completely ape over these wild policy decisions.” KnowsWantDoeGovernmentPresidentCommunityDecisionMillionsPolicyCollegeOfficePresidentialImmigrantsApesNotableBlackberriesCommunity CollegeUndocumented Immigrants Author:John Podhoretz
“I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing. Funding is being cut more and more and more.” LongHumanityVoiceCommunityEducationTeacherCuttingDyingTaughtCollegeTheoryLong TimeFundingCommunity CollegeMusic EducationArts And Humanities Author:Jon Secada
“We need to send hundreds of millions of dollars down to our public high schools, vocational colleges, and community colleges to begin training people in the green-collar work of the future - things like solar-panel installation, retrofitting buildings that are leaking energy, wastewater reclamation, organic food, materials reuse and recycling.” PeopleNeedsSchoolEnergyCommunityWorkMillionsBuildingCollegeMaterialsTrainingHigh SchoolGreenDollarsCollarsRecyclingOrganic FoodCommunity CollegeInstallationSolar PanelsReuseReclamation Author:Van Jones
“For decades, community colleges have been the backbone of American workforce training. Because they are nimble and closely attuned to local community needs, they are inherently positioned to be influential leaders of the movement for a sustainable economy.” NeedsHas BeensCommunityLeaderEconomyMovementCollegeTrainingDecadesLocalsInfluentialBackboneWorkforceNimbleCommunity CollegeLocal Community Author:Ed Begley, Jr.
“Community colleges need to be upgraded. We got to have training for real jobs. We've got a lot of jobs that are going unfilled because we don't have the technology in the heads of graduating college students to deal with them.” NeedsRealJobsCommunityDealsTechnologyStudentsCollegeTrainingGraduatesCollege StudentsReal JobsCollege GraduatesCommunity College Author:Emanuel Cleaver
“I was dishwasher, then promoted to chef in a local kitchen in a restaurant in Seattle, and I was working on a building site as well, putting in insulation and painting houses, and then doing some classes at a community college nearby.” WellsHouseCommunityClassBuildingCollegePaintingLocalsKitchenRestaurantsSiteChefSeattleDishwashersCommunity CollegeInsulation Author:Alexis Denisof
“I might say that in retrospect, looking at where the community college system is today, I think we may have gone too far. The community college system is so big, so broad, so consuming of tax money.” ThinkingMayBigsMightTodayCommunityGoneCollegeTaxesBroadsConsumingRetrospectCommunity College Author:Daniel J. Evans
“People look at me like I'm crazy when I say that our greatest partnership here at Ohio State should be with the community colleges.” PeopleShouldLooksStatesCommunityCrazyCollegePartnershipLook At MeOhioCommunity CollegeOhio State Author:Gordon Gee
“I've taken every writing class I've had available. I took classes in high school, and I took English and writing classes in community college, but I dropped out of college. I also attended a local writing workshop two years ago.” WritingYearsTwoSchoolCommunityClassTakenCollegeHigh SchoolYears AgoAvailableLocalsTwo YearsWorkshopsTwo Years AgoCommunity CollegeWriting Workshop Author:Amanda Hocking
“I got expelled from high school, and then did my exams from home. I decided, through that experience, that I was going to expediate my plan and didn't go to university. Instead, I went to a community college and studied the theory and history of film with the idea that I wanted to write and direct.” WritingIdeasHomeWantedSchoolFilmCommunityPlansCollegeTheoryHigh SchoolDirectDecidedUniversityExamCommunity College Author:Charlie Hunnam
“In any community there's a strong pull home. People want to return, see their community get better economically and socially. You can build those community-grown opportunities for the kids who've graduated from college to return home, to provide businesses and support things going on. It'll only happen through education.” PeopleWantHomeHappensKidsOpportunityStrongCommunitySupportCollegeReturnGet BetterCommunity College Author:Denise Juneau