May 7, 2004
Bush Praises Community Colleges but Offers Few Details of Job-Training Plan
President Bush touted community colleges late last month as a crucial part of his plan to create new jobs, an indicator that has lagged behind others as the economy slowly recovers from recession.
In a speech at the 84th annual convention of the American Association of Community Colleges, he spoke of his $250-million job-training proposal, which would give federal grants to community colleges that form partnerships with local industries and state work-force boards to train workers for
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