Betsy DeVos made her first official visit to an institution of higher education as education secretary on Friday, touring the jobs-training programs at Valencia College, a two-year college in Florida.
Ms. DeVos’s interest in community colleges — specifically, in career preparation — is consistent with her past statements on higher ed. In her first higher-ed address, in February, she noted “the importance of expanding vocational and technical education, the types of career and technical education that community colleges excel at providing.”
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/in-first-college-visit-devos-praises-career-prep-and-community-colleges/117398
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