Community college helped finalist take new path
By Paul Wood
Friday March 10, 2006
CHAMPAIGN – Growing up in a family that didn't respect higher education, Robert Exley worked for years before he went back to college, and he believes a community college made all the difference.
Exley, 51, is one of five finalists to replace Zelema Harris as president of Parkland College. On Thursday, he talked with Parkland staffers about how teachers gave him their full attention, and pushed him to excel, at San Jacinto College in Houston.
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