<p><a href=“http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1909623,00.html[/url]”>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1909623,00.html</a></p>
<p>“The 1,200 community colleges in the U.S. are especially suited to helping students adapt to a changing labor market. While four-year universities have the financial resources to lure top professors and students, they are by nature slow-moving. Community colleges, on the other hand, are smaller and able to tack quickly in changing winds. They often partner with local businesses and can gin up continuing-education courses midsemester in response to industry needs, getting students in and out and ready to work — fast.”</p>