David Monsma is executive director of the Aspen Institute's Energy and Environment Program.
Dan Glickman is VP and executive director of the Aspen Institute's Congressional Program.
Skills training, community colleges, entrepreneurship, and civility were a few of the key issues President Obama spoke about in his State of the Union address last night. We asked some of our experts in these fields and others for their reactions. Their responses are below:
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