For millions of Americans, the community college is the institution for empowerment and the road to the future. And the community college is the institution in America which most clearly reflects how we ought to be organized, how we ought to work together, and what we ought to try to do as we move this country into the 21st century. Community colleges embody the values I think this country needs to work on everybody can have an opportunity. They can seize it if they are responsible enough to take control of their own lives and develop their minds to their full potential. Leon Panetta, has spoken with Patrick McCallum about workforce training.
Community colleges promote the value of community.
You go to any community colleges in America and a sense of community comes out of people's shared values and reaches across their racial, ethnic, and religious differences, so that people are stronger by working together than they are by emphasizing their divisions.