Funding roundup
Allan Hancock College is the first school selected to participate in the Nurses Project, launched by the Cloverlane Foundation. The college received $35,000 in grant funding to resources for nursing students. A new fund will…
Funding
Washington Watch: Hope remains for workforce Pell
Editor’s note: This article was updated at 8 a.m. on June 30, 2025. The Senate parliamentarian has approved a modified version of workforce Pell provisions in the budget reconciliation bill that the Senate Budget Committee…
Washington Watch: Workforce Pell dealt major blow in reconciliation bill
The Senate parliamentarian has determined that provisions in the Senate’s budget reconciliation bill that would establish workforce Pell grants do not comply with the rules governing the budget reconciliation process, according to material released by…
Washington Watch: Reconciliation roller coaster
Senate Republicans continue to work through a bevy of political, policy and procedural hurdles to enact their version of the fiscal year 2025 budget reconciliation legislation ahead of a self-imposed July 4 deadline. The House…
Maine’s free community college scholarship ends
Maine’s Free College Scholarship ends with the Class of 2025 graduates after state lawmakers declined to fund future graduating classes in the budget signed by the governor on Monday. The Free College Scholarship, which started…
DataPoints: Leaving money on the table
Nearly one in five (17%) students enrolled in public community colleges did not apply for any federal student aid and would likely have been eligible for a Pell Grant, according to an analysis of data…
Follow the leader
Sania Kamani wasn’t entirely clear about her path forward, but she knew that four years of traditional college learning in classrooms was not for her. “Since I was 16, I’ve been building my resume and…
Washington Watch: Major victory for community colleges in Senate
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Tuesday evening unveiled its reconciliation proposal containing changes to higher education student aid and repayment policies. While the bill builds on the higher education provisions…
Should colleges help students pay down their debt?
With student loan debt approaching the $2 trillion level and default rates rising, Republicans in Congress have advanced legislation that would require colleges to repay a portion of its students’ unpaid loans. The idea of…
Funding roundup
The Philip E. and Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation has awarded the Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) Foundation a three-year, $1.68 million commitment to support students in the Entrepreneurial Studies Institute, health sciences and workforce development programs….