"I just finished my dissertation."“What was the...

"I just finished my dissertation."

“What was the topic?”

“It was about the prediction of community college retention rates.”

“What interests you most about community college?”

“Well, a lot of things. But I really think that the community college system is critical to the functioning of our democracy. A democracy depends on the education of its citizenry. And we just don’t have the infrastructure to send everyone to a four year school. So if America’s democracy is going to succeed, it’s going to depend in large part on the health of our community colleges.”