The Impact Of Free Community College

Article/Op-Ed in Forbes
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March 30, 2021

Wesley Whistle wrote an article about reports that President Joe Biden is considering an ambitious infrastructure package as a part of his “Build Back Better” agenda to recover from the pandemic, including free community college.

President Joe Biden is reportedly considering an ambitious infrastructure package as a part of his “Build Back Better” agenda to recover from the pandemic. That proposal includes a set of domestic priorities that are supposed to contribute to the recovery, one of which is tuition-free community college.

While critics may balk at community college being associated with infrastructure, it certainly will play a major role in training—and retraining—the workforce for economic recovery. But community colleges will likely play a role in helping to prepare workers for the jobs that would be needed and created from an infrastructure investment. 

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