Funding

Funding roundup

North Carolina’s South Piedmont Community College will use a $170,549 grant to enhance its fire/rescue training program. The Investment in Short Term Workforce Training Grant comes from the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). SPCC,…


Proactive budget strategies

California’s Cuesta College is taking a proactive approach to address a projected deficit for the current fiscal year of $551,000 in its ongoing unrestricted general fund resources. Lauren Milbourneis media relations coordinator/public information officer at…


W. Va. lawmakers eye free college

West Virginia lawmakers have begun considering free community and technical college during the first full week of their 2018 session. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,…


Funding roundup

Minnesota’s Leech Lake Tribal College (LLTC) will use a $100,000 grant to prepare students for environmental careers and to promote community engagement with environmental issues. The grant comes from the American Indian College Fund (AICF)…



Funding roundup

North Carolina’s Rowan-Cabarrus Community College announced a $2.7 million donation from local philanthropists, Fred and Alice Stanback. This is the second donation from the Stanbacks – and the largest gift ever to the college from…



Funding roundup

In Illinois, Rock Valley College (RVC) received a $675,000 grant from the Dr. Louis and Violet Rubin Endowment of the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois. The purpose of the grant is to link talent with…



Funding roundup

In Kansas, Johnson County Community College is preparing for the largest campus transformation project in its history. That project got a boost recently with a $2 million donation from entrepreneur Hugh Libby. His donation will…