Lumina Foundation on Thursday announced that it will provide more than $5 million in competitive grants for work in three key areas, including efforts to increase adult community college enrollments, advance racial justice and equity,…
In late June, John “Ski” Sygielski, president and CEO of HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, got on his Jamis Renegade bicycle and set off on his annual journey to show gratitude and raise awareness and…
In North Carolina, Mitchell Community College students relying on scholarships to afford their education got a major boost. Frank and Carol Childress have committed $1 million for financial aid to the college. Their gift, which…
Incentives to get vaccinatedCongress urged to give legal protection for DACA recipientsIllinois college to cover tuition for recent dual-enrollment studentsCommunity college students among new HBCU Scholars Incentives to get vaccinated Community colleges and other higher…
College of the Mainland (COM) will use a $20,000 donation from COM board trustee Alan Waters and Yolanda Nino-Waters to establish the Latinas Adelante Scholarship. The gift will expand opportunities for Latina women to achieve…
A House hearing Thursday focusing on Pell grants yielded mostly well-known arguments from both sides of the aisle: Democrats contended that an increase to the maximum award — in particular, doubling it — is long…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Thursday released $3.2 billion in remaining Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) to support students at historic and under-resourced institutions. The new funding comes overwhelmingly through Titles III and…
Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) in Pennsylvania recently received one of the largest estate gifts in its history: $576,000 from Alma R. Jacobs’ estate to benefit the greatest needs of MCCC and its students. Jacobs…
Commerce Department to invest $500M in workforce training, partnershipsNew names for three Virginia community collegesIvy Tech to provide ABE services at 15 Indiana correctional facilities Commerce Department to invest $500M in workforce training, partnerships The…
Mentor-Connect and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) are offering a free webinar July 29 for grant writers seeking to learn more about the application process for the National Science Foundation’s Advanced…