People look at me like I'm crazy when I say that our…

Community colleges are one of Americas great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education,…

— Barbara Mikulski

In the country, our best years economically were from the 1940s into the 1970s, when we had the best public works - we call…

— Paul Solman

Let's also make sure that a high school diploma puts our kids on a path to a good job. Right now, countries like Germany…

— Barack Obama

I've seen with my own students, community colleges offer an affordable route to four-year college degrees and good paying jobs.

— Jill Biden

Before I got my present job, I spent many years teaching writing part-time, so-called, at community colleges and universities. It's academia's version of migrant…

— Debra Dean

A majority of students who come into community colleges are still stuck at high school level or remedial math. And when they take it…

— Anya Kamenetz

Community colleges are the great American invention in terms of education,

— Eduardo J. Padron

For decades, community colleges have been the backbone of American workforce training. Because they are nimble and closely attuned to local community needs, they…

— 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…

— Emanuel Cleaver

We need to send hundreds of millions of dollars down to our public high schools, vocational colleges, and community colleges to begin training people…

— Van Jones

NC LIVE has the potential to give citizens across North Carolina immediate access to the rich array of information resources housed by the libraries…

— Molly Corbett Broad

Starting in high school and continuing through our higher education system, we must ensure our students are on the right path to acquiring marketable…

— Pat McCrory

One of the things that make community colleges so special is they do not pick and choose their students - they work with all…

— Jill Biden

Community colleges provide higher education where people live, helping to build strong ladders of opportunity that allow people to secure a foothold in the…

— Thomas Perez

In the past, there has been a stigma surrounding community colleges, where they were seen as a less viable option because they are not…

— Jill Biden