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Merits of Bush's Job Training Plan Debated

By Anthony Brooks

Published January 21, 2004 at 9:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 20 years ago.

In a campaign swing through Ohio and Arizona Wednesday, President Bush proposes spending $250 million to help community colleges train workers in high-demand fields. Colleges and other experts welcome Bush's plan, but say there are already more people looking for training than existing programs can accommodate. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports.

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Anthony Brooks

Anthony Brooks has more than twenty five years of experience in public radio, working as a producer, editor, reporter, and most recently, as a fill-in host for NPR. For years, Brooks has worked as a Boston-based reporter for NPR, covering regional issues across New England, including politics, criminal justice, and urban affairs. He has also covered higher education for NPR, and during the 2000 presidential election he was one of NPR's lead political reporters, covering the campaign from the early primaries through the Supreme Court's Bush V. Gore ruling. His reports have been heard for many years on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition.