In First Higher Ed Address as Education Secretary, DeVos Praises Community Colleges

February 16, 2017
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Betsy DeVos was brief but prepared on Thursday in remarks to the Association of Community College Trustees’ National Legislative Summit, her first speech on higher-education issues since being confirmed as education secretary.

Ms. DeVos spoke for eight and a half minutes to the crowd gathered for a conference here in Washington, D.C., where she praised community colleges, noting their importance to President Trump’s plan for the first 100 days of his administration. "This plan notes the importance of expanding vocational and technical education, the types of career and technical education that community colleges excel at providing," she said.

Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/in-first-higher-ed-address-as-education-secretary-devos-praises-community-colleges/116947