Dive Brief:

• President Barack Obama called on Congress to expand job-training at community colleges and talked about giving schools broadband connections.
• Notable was what Obama left out: He did not make specific mention of his college-rating plan, though he did talk about offering better value in higher education. 
• Obama also touted the recent college summit and the pledges that leaders made to expand access to higher education.

Dive Insight:

Among this year's other requests to Congress that touch on higher education, Obama called for research funding to be restored to pre-sequestration levels. The last two years, Obama had come at colleges for high costs, but that message was not as prominent this year.