Notes
1 The Brookings Institute's ‘MetroMonitor: Tracking Economic Recession and Recovery in America's 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas,’ September 2009.
2 In the US, community colleges are usually two-year public institutions that provide primarily vocational education and training, in areas such as nursing, computer skills, law enforcement, welding, etc.
3 The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, based in Kansas City, Missouri, is the world's largest foundation devoted to supporting entrepreneurship.