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Obama To Announce Industry-Community College Initiative [Another Boondoggle?]
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| October 4, 2010
| Corey Boles
Posted on 10/03/2010 5:39:53 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Barack Obama will announce on Monday an initiative aimed at improving partnerships between community colleges and industry around the country with a bid to spur job opportunities for graduates, according to a White House official.
Called "Skills for America", the scheme will seek to establish least one partnership between community colleges and industry in every state. It will set a national goal of achieving an additional 5 million community-college graduates by 2020.
The White House is hoping to pair with large U.S. corporations to advance the effort. It said companies including PG&E Corp. (PCG), Gap Inc. (GPS), McDonalds Corp. (MCD), United Technologies Corp. (UTX) and Accenture PLC (ACN) have said they plan to cooperate in the program.
A new White House task force will be established to coordinate efforts between the private and public sectors to best leverage for the effort, the official said.
Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, will host a White House summit on community colleges on Tuesday to highlight the role played by community colleges in U.S. post-secondary education.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: communitycollege; education; obama; trades
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Uhmmm, why do you need trade school or an associates degree to work at The Gap or McDonald's? And what office does Mrs. Biden hold? Buehler? Buehler?
To: 2ndDivisionVet
My guess is this is intended to promote more student grants and loans.
More folks “overjoyed” that the govt will give / loan them money.
More Dem voters.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I’ll bet it kills that bass turd to have to throw in the word “America” all the time in order to sell his schemes to Joe Sixpack.
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posted on
10/03/2010 5:45:39 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Furlough the Congress!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Goobermint tries some variation on this theme every few years going back to the early '60's (JFK's "Manpower Development and Training Act-- MDTA"). It never pans out, too much gubmint red tape and too many control freaks in the bureaucracy.
Here's the thing--if P&G actually needed a host of community college-trained employees, they could go recruit them there themselves and not need gubmint's heavy hand on the process.
To: hinckley buzzard
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posted on
10/03/2010 5:56:20 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Palin/Bolton 2012)
To: FlingWingFlyer
how much is this going to put us in debt to China?
how many billions is this proposed program
if it’s so good that private companies want to join in,
have them sponsor it and direct it.
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posted on
10/03/2010 5:56:25 PM PDT
by
preamble
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I think I saw an advertisement by some community college for training as a "windmill technician."
So, this is how the government "creates" an industry.
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posted on
10/03/2010 5:57:44 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(after your fifteen minutes are up you get a lifetime of ignominy.)
To: nascarnation
liberal politicians=liberal teachers=liberal students= liberal voters=liberal politicians
The democrats' closed system.
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posted on
10/03/2010 6:04:16 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Here it comes, ‘’make-work’’ jobs for teachers on our dime. If this Marxist clown wants to stimulate business then let him resign and open up a freakin’ business.
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posted on
10/03/2010 6:04:23 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Two wrongs don't make a right. But they can make it interesting.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
For what it's worth, I know that the local auto industry in Greenville SC has partnered with the local educational institutions, to include
Clemson and
Greeville Tech (for example, the
Clemson University Center for Automotive Research).
...and it has, from what I understand, worked very well for the benefit of the graduates as well as the benefit of local industry.
So I personally think it is very smart to have this type of partnership (better to graduate an automotive engineer who can get a useful job than a "woman's studies" major who will only be able to be a rabble rouser, an academic, or some other form of malcontent)
But...this did not require any Federal government involvement...nor did it require Federal government funding.
So Obama will try to destroy any remaining useful educational infrastructure to make sure that people are trained to do what he wants them to do. Way to take a good idea and screw it up Barry.
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posted on
10/03/2010 6:05:11 PM PDT
by
markomalley
(Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The White House is hoping to pair with large U.S. corporations to advance make them pay for the effort. It said companies including PG&E Corp. (PCG), Gap Inc. (GPS), McDonalds Corp. (MCD), United Technologies Corp. (UTX) and Accenture PLC (ACN) have said they plan to cooperate in the program until the era of "spread the wealth" is over.
Needed some editing.
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posted on
10/03/2010 6:08:13 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: markomalley
Mark, you have hit the nail on the head. Partnerships between schools and businesses to meet real needs is a very good idea. Government interference in this is a very, very bad idea.
What will probably happen, in reality, is that "needs" will be created to take advantage of the federal $$ being offered. This really won't help anybody much, in the long run.
I don't think there is any area of life that the Obamas don't think they know more about than the rest of us. It would not shock me to soon be reading "Michelle Obama's advice for 'marital happiness'" if the euphemism is not too obscure.
To: the invisib1e hand
I think I saw an advertisement by some community college for training as a "windmill technician." So, this is how the government "creates" an industry.At least Don Quixote will be able to get a job. *rolling eyes*
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I doubt this “idea” has any economic or pedagogical value, but it is diabolically Clintonsque in its appeal to the Democratic party base.
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posted on
10/03/2010 6:18:19 PM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The naked casuistry of the high priests of Warmism would make a Jesuit blush.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
10/03/2010 6:21:22 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(after your fifteen minutes are up you get a lifetime of ignominy.)
To: madison10
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posted on
10/03/2010 6:23:33 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(after your fifteen minutes are up you get a lifetime of ignominy.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Can’t you see how “stimulative” this will be...especially for all of those Community College Professors...??
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posted on
10/03/2010 6:25:55 PM PDT
by
Bean Counter
(Now what kind of a geroo are you anyway?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
please... we've been doing that here since the early 80's.
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posted on
10/03/2010 6:29:45 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Nonsense. This has been going on for decades. The community colleges serve us in multiple ways - they provide a second chance, a chance to return, vocational opportunities, and general adult education. Obama offers us nothing new.
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posted on
10/03/2010 7:04:58 PM PDT
by
jimfree
(In 2012 Sarah Palin will continue to have more relevant quality executive experience than B. Obama.)
To: jimfree
And yes, industry has offered such cooperation through all those decades, contributing dollars, technology, and instructors.
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posted on
10/03/2010 7:07:11 PM PDT
by
jimfree
(In 2012 Sarah Palin will continue to have more relevant quality executive experience than B. Obama.)
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