“After a year of high hopes, the apparent shedding of the American Graduation Initiative from combined health care/student aid legislation has left many community college officials deeply disappointed,” Inside Higher Ed reports. “But be it because they are accustomed to being disappointed by Washington politicians — or because they remain hopeful that the initiative and its financial windfall may re-emerge down the road — many community college leaders looked at the bright side in interviews on Monday. Some said their sector had benefited immensely from having been a focus of the Obama administration’s education and jobs agenda for so long, and are optimistic about federal support for their institutions in the future.”