“Community colleges are everywhere, and they’re closest to the people,” says David Smith, president of the Forage Center for Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Education, which hosts an annual community college peacebuilding seminar. “Half of their students want to get a degree as a tech, a nurse or a welder, and after this, they’re done with college. It’s as important to work with those populations as with transfer populations. They need to know about conflict and differences.”
David J. Smith, Community College Daily, 12/12/18
In today’s Community College Daily is a significant article on the efforts of community colleges around the U.S. in advancing peacebuilding. Mentioned are efforts at Montgomery College, Cuyahoga Community College, Valencia College, and Golden West College. Click below to read the piece.
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