With college aid plan stalled in Congress, Obama looks to the states

$5 million to Los Rios Community College District in Sacramento, CA “to establish an apprenticeship model in Northern, Calif., where none now exists” and improve advanced manufacturing coursework at the college. Together, the two colleges will develop the Michigan Apprenticeship Program Plus (MAP+) program.

Looking for bi-partisan support, Obama says a plan to invest in higher education, job training and apprenticeships shouldn’t be controversial.

The program is expected to serve 600 apprentices, in Michigan’s two largest metropolitan areas. “When combined with our investments in E-12 education and college access, these grants are part of our strategy to create an economy that works for everyone in Minnesota”.

Citing a Department of Labor study, the lawmakers said workers who finish apprenticeships earn an average of $240,000 more in wages over a lifetime than job seekers with similar work experience.

An advertising agency working with Heads Up America will produce public-service announcements featuring students, community-college alumni, and celebrities.

Six years in the past, Obama visited MCC’s Warren campus to speak about boosting group schools with $12 billion over 10 years.

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“I think the whole community’s going to benefit”.

President Barack Obama announced a campaign in support of a free education for responsible students Wednesday. No hard working young person should be denied just because of where they started.

“It’s an idea whose time has come”, Obama told an audience at Macomb Community College.

“Ooh, you’re correcting the teacher”, exclaimed Biden, a fulltime community college teacher.

President Barack Obama was to arrive in Metro Detroit today for a visit to Macomb County Community College.

The effort for free community college includes the Heads Up campaign.

During his speech, Obama noted that Tennessee saw the enrollment of 15,000 students in its own community college program this fall.

“It’s exciting”, Hackel told reporters. But you’ve got to walk the walk. That will be good for all of us. “But for sake of future generations, we have to do better than that”.

Obama’s trip to Michigan comes two days after he traveled to Boston to push Congress to approve legislation to provide paid sick leave for private sector workers.