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		<title>How Community Colleges Can Reach Obama&#8217;s Goals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Davis Jenkins and Thomas Bailey Americans have long prided ourselves on our higher education system, but lately a much more negative image has emerged. The U.S. has fallen behind other developed countries in postsecondary attainment, and large gaps in college access and completion remain for low-income and minority students. In July, President Obama announced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: US will have the most college grads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TROY, N.Y. — President Barack Obama says that by 2020 America will again have the world&#8217;s highest proportion of college graduates. The president said Monday that a recent increase in Pell Grants will help the nation reach that goal. He made the remarks as he spoke at a community college in Troy, N.Y., which has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newcommunitycollege.com/236/obama-us-will-have-the-most-college-grads/</link>
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		<title>Headlines: Obama calls for more aid for students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[COLLEGE EDUCATION: Obama calls for more aid President Barack Obama called Monday for more student loans and investments in basic research, particularly at two-year colleges, to bolster the economy. Speaking at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y., Obama said he hoped to increase the ranks of two-year college grads by 5 million during the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newcommunitycollege.com/239/headlines-obama-calls-for-more-aid-for-students/</link>
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		<title>Welcome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You have arrived at the website dedicated to forward the effort to establish a new Susquehanna Valley Community College that would serve Montour, Northumberland, Snyder and Union Counties. Posted 1/27/2011 Obama Supports Community Colleges in State of the Union Address  In his State of the Union Address on January 27th, President Obama called for the investment in jobs, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testimonial by Heather Gearin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Susquehanna Valley Community Education Project, to me, will revitalize our community. I feel that it would grant numerous opportunities to students, employers, employees and, in all, our community. This community has been in need of something like this for years and I feel that has been long past due.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newcommunitycollege.com/380/testimonial-by-heather-gearin/</link>
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		<title>It’s a national priority</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now is the time to tap into President Obama’s ten-year, $12 billion dollar plan to help community colleges prepare people for a new generation of jobs. The 1,045 community colleges in the United States reported the highest enrollments in history. Competitive grants will be available to create new programs and expand training and counseling. Let [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newcommunitycollege.com/127/it%e2%80%99s-a-national-priority/</link>
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		<title>The need exists in the Commonwealth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania has had no new community college established since 1993. Much has happened in over a decade and a half. Existing community colleges are feeling the burden of increased enrollments due to the need for additional training and retraining in the economic downturn. The 2009 enrollment figures for Harrisburg Area Community College and Luzerne County [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newcommunitycollege.com/128/the-need-exists-in-the-commonwealth/</link>
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		<title>The need exists in our area</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The SVCC target area population of Montour, Northumberland, Snyder and Union Counties exceeds 270,000. Only 4 percent of those residents have an associate degree.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newcommunitycollege.com/130/the-need-exists-in-our-area/</link>
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		<title>Location, location, location</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An SVCC will provide a local, convenient option for traditional and non-traditional students. Currently, those considering enrollment at a community college face an average commuting time of an hour to an hour and a half one way. Faced with the other challenges of continuing education, many potential students are discouraged from enrolling at a distant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newcommunitycollege.com/132/location-location-location/</link>
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		<title>Parents want SVCC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parents of high school students surveyed responded that a new community college was most important.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newcommunitycollege.com/134/parents-want-svcc/</link>
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