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Q&A with Alan Berube

Community Colleges and the National Economy

Education, U.S. Higher Education, U.S. Department of Education, Community Colleges

Alan Berube, Senior Fellow and Research Director, Metropolitan Policy Program

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May 01, 2009

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Senior Fellow Alan Berube says community colleges offer educational opportunities to a growing number of students and are a critical part of the national economy and our metropolitan areas. He discusses a new paper that was released on May 7 at the event "Transforming America’s Community Colleges: A Federal Policy Proposal to Expand Opportunity and Promote Economic Prosperity."

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