[1] In an effort to help ensure passage of the controversial Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Obama reduced funding for the college initiative to $2 billion, for career training, through a program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor.
[3][4] An article in The Washington Post published on July 15, 2009, disclosed that President Obama will allocate $12 billion for community colleges in the US that would lead to five million new graduates by the year 2020.
[5] The program helped elevate the prominence and status of community colleges and raised public awareness throughout the country.
The former president also obtained $2 billion for the approval and funding of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant Program.
It was a sort of preparation of junior students for heavier load and responsibilities in higher institutions of learning[8]