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President Obama presenting the American Jobs Act to Congress. The American Jobs Act (H. Doc. 112-53) [1] and (H.R. 12) [2] was the informal name for a pair of bills recommended by U.S. President Barack Obama in a nationally televised address [3] to a joint session of Congress on September 8, 2011. [4]
The American Graduation Initiative was President Obama's initiative for Community Colleges. Obama announced the initiative at Macomb Community College in suburban Detroit in the summer of 2009. He proposed investing roughly $12 billion in community colleges over 10 years, with the goal of greatly improving their performance in getting students ...
America's College Promise was a proposal by the Barack Obama administration to offer all students two free years of community college tuition. [1] [2] [3] It was based on the Tennessee Promise, a similar program for the state of Tennessee. State level programs, like the Tennessee Promise, have faced critique for their ability to fill tangible ...
By Kimberly Hefling WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama wants community colleges and businesses to work together to train 2 million workers in high-growth industries, and on Monday will ...
The former president broke the big news during a community event at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on Wednesday. Barack and Michelle Obama donate $2 million to summer jobs programs in ...
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Originally proposed by President Barack Obama to help students and families pay for post-secondary education, the proposal called for a $4000 credit in exchange for 100 hours of community service. The stated goal of the credit was to, "cover two-thirds the cost of tuition at the average public college or university and make community college ...
The Internship Program is for current students. It replaced the Student Career Experience Program (SCEP) and Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP). The new Internship Program provides students in high schools, colleges, trade schools and other qualifying educational institutions with paid opportunities to work in agencies and explore ...