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The article offers information on the national Listening Tour conducted by chief executive officer (CEO) Walter Bumphus of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) to discuss with fellow community college leaders. It states that Bumphus expects that the tour will determine new fundraising opportunities and provide a foundation to establish workable metrics that can assess community colleges and the success of community college students. Bumphus states that community colleges had succeeded in getting people back to work and educating students who could not pay for four-year college but they need to deal with new financial and other challenges. Meanwhile, it adds that U.S. President Barack Obama reveals the significance of community colleges to the economic recovery of the U.S.