Funding roundup
In Colorado, Red Rocks Community College’s Rocky Mountain Education Center (RMEC) will work to create safer workers using a $155,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Susan Harwood Grant Program. The grant funds a one-day…
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Three $1M commitments in 3 years
Pennsylvania’s Butler County Community College (BC3) has received a $1 million commitment from Janice Phillips Larrick, matching the two highest gifts in the college’s 52-year history and representing the third such donation in the past…
New N.Y. free-tuition program covers 22K students
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the nation’s first tuition-free college program for students at two-year and four-year public schools will pay the bill for about 22,000 New York students in its first year. Associated PressCopyright 2018…
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Minnesota’s Northland Community and Technical College (NCTC), in partnership with St. Cloud State University, has received a $600,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grant. The institutions will work to advance geospatial information…
Lumina’s ‘Talent Hubs’ focus on collaboration
Lumina Foundation is investing nearly $6 million in a new effort to better leverage community collaboration in preparing high school students to go to college and earn a credential — with community colleges playing an…
Funding roundup
Alabama’s Wallace State Community College recently received two contributions that will benefit students. Tabitha WhissemoreTabitha Whissemore is a contributor to Community College Daily and managing editor of AACC's Community College Journal.More Posts – Website
Funding roundup
Arizona’s Coconino Community College will provide veterans with additional tutoring and financial services as a result of a $10,000 grant Support Education and Employment for Vets. The intent is to bring the tutoring services to…
The lasting impact of Mentor-Connect
Grant funding from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program can transform STEM (science, technology, education and math) programs at community colleges. Madeline PattonMadeline Patton is an education writer based in Ohio.More…
N.J. gubernatorial candidate lowers free-college estimate
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy unveiled a potential price tag of $400 million for his promise of tuition free community college Monday, but his campaign said later he misspoke and the estimated cost could be about…
Tennessee Promise: The proof is in the numbers
If you’re wondering if the Tennessee Promise works, the proof is in the numbers. Holly Trotter-Vincentis the public information coordinator at Cleveland State Community College in Tennessee.More Posts