Among the challenges faced in a coming-out-of-pandemic economy are a lack of workers trained in technology and in health care, an inability of many parents, particularly women, to rejoin the workforce because of child care, and the continuing and widening wealth gap polarizing opportunities for many in our communities.
Complex solutions are needed, and President Joe Biden says thereâs a place to start: Community colleges throughout the U.S.
Bidenâs $1.8 trillion American Families Plan proposal calls for two years of community college tuition-free and an expansion of Pell grants and other aid programs to help pay rent, food and child care while adults pursue college.