Hundreds of students, community members and state and local leaders turned out to hear Vice President Joe Biden speak at Davidson County Community College in Thomasville, North Carolina on Friday.
Vice President Joe Biden visited North Carolina to join his wife in stumping for the Obama Administration's push for community colleges.
The Davidson County Community College Visit marked an end to a three-day bus tour through key election states for Jill Biden and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis.
Their message is that community colleges have an important role in training workers to meet emerging business needs.
President Obama Fiscal year 2013 budget proposal includes a new $8 billion Community College to Career fund to forge hundreds of new partnerships between community colleges and businesses to train workers with skills that lead directly to new jobs.
WFDD's Keri Brown was in Thomasville for the Vice Presiden't visit to North Carolina. To hear more click on the mp3 icon above.
