"There was near-universal praise this week as President Obama announced a plan to spend an unprecedented $12-billion over 10 years to improve programs, courses, and facilities at community colleges," Chronicle of Higher Education reports. "But after the dazzle of the dollars dims - along with the novelty of the presidential spotlight on what even Mr. Obama called the 'stepchild of the higher-education system' - many questions will remain ... After all, Mr. Obama’s proposal is just that, a proposal, and how the measure, which was included in a broader higher-education bill introduced the day after the president’s announcement, takes shape as it moves through the legislative process will very likely determine its efficacy."