Behinds Quote by Jennifer Granholm

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

Community colleges are popular among political leaders of both parties. But because of the lack of funding and a lack of direction, they have…

— Nina Easton

Let's face it: innovation in the U.S. is now the province of our thriving city-states. We all know that nothing happens in Washington anymore.

— Tina Brown

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

— Eduardo J. Padron

College graduates work in every sector of the American economy, and the research engines incubated within our universities generate a wealth of ideas and…

— Gordon Gee

People have not really noticed community colleges, but they are where students really become successful.

— Jill Biden

Our great history has been that people came to Michigan because you didn't have to have a college degree to get a good-paying job.…

— Jennifer Granholm

If we wish our state's growth to continue, then our future will increasingly be with industries that require a highly skilled and technically proficient…

— Jay Weatherill

Too much power in any institution tends to stifle innovation.

— Dean Ornish

If you look at where innovation - defined as ideas, not as commercial product - tends to live, the university system is remarkably innovative.

— Steven Johnson

Almost every great innovation was [created] by government.

— Joe Biden