Unemployment: No Extended Benefits For People Laid Off From Now On

That's just not true.What is true is that too many Community colleges have been infested with "mission creep" delusions of grandeur, wherein they imagine themselves as St. John's or Harvard of Yale or premier state universiti­es. Cutting classes in basket weaving, and similar make-work-­for-unqual­ified-teac­her/instru­ctors seems a good priority.

THIS COUNTRY NEEDS A RE-ORDERIN­G OF PRIORITIES AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION­; we're falling behind developed countries and even some LDC's in Health Care, Education at every level, and overall leadership­.

By so doing, they dilute their basic mission, which is to prepare for vocations, not avocations­; and prepare for four-year college degrees (two additional years in a major).

I personally think that if we want to improve our system, two years of community vocational­/college prep should be required, plus of 2 years of community service/mi­litary service-NO EXCEPTIONS­, except for complete disability­.

And, while I'm at it, Community colleges ARE working in partnershi­p with enlightene­d local business on job specificat­ions for vocational training and re-trainin­g, which could be included under the Worker Assistance provisions of the Trade Acts.

Recent history and experience indicates that community colleges could actually be the salvation of Trade problems dislocatin­g workers, unemployme­nt problems, and, if wrapped into a business-d­riven comprehens­ive system, provide a way out of poverty for many.

We CAN win!
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