Community colleges provide higher education where people live, helping to build strong ladders of opportunity that allow people to secure a foothold in the middle class.

Community colleges provide higher education where people live, helping to build strong ladders of opportunity that allow people to secure a foothold in the middle class.

To fulfill the promise of economic opportunity, we must remain true to the principle that collective bargaining is a cornerstone of a free society and indispensable to a strong middle class.

I grew up a middle class, colonized child of teachers and librarians and people, women especially, who treasured education.

I'm painfully middle class.

We must ensure our system of higher education offers world-class quality for a world-class economy.