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Community colleges: solution to the ‘skills-gap’ problem?

Community colleges: solution to the ‘skills-gap’ problem?

by Mattias Gugel | Mar 13, 2012 | Business, Education

WASHINGTON — With manufacturing jobs opening up in American cities, President Barack Obama has turned to community colleges to bring new workers up to speed , despite the government’s record of inefficiency in its job retraining efforts. Obama’s latest attempt at...

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