The months-long pandemic has exacerbated the challenges facing many community college students, but it has yielded some areas of promise in helping students succeed. During a webinar on advocating equity last Thursday with leaders of…
San Bernardino Valley College (SBVC) in California will use a $75,000 grant from Edison International to support the clean energy hybrid and electric vehicle technician program and to provide scholarships to SBVC students. SBVC’s clean…
The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee is asking U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to withdraw the Reimagine Workforce Preparation (RWP) grant competition, which would provide state workforce agencies with funding for short-term programming,…
The U.S. Department of Education recently awarded millions of dollars in Student Support Services (SSS) program grants to several community colleges. The grants are meant to help colleges provide opportunities for academic development, assist students…
Legislators have largely left Washington, D.C., for the national political conventions and the traditional August recess, but the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and other advocacy groups remain ever-focused on a possible new stimulus…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Wednesday announced new grants that colleges and universities with the greatest unmet need related to COVID-19 can use for an array of purposes, including improved disease prevention and distance…
In early March, Northland Pioneer College (NPC) was well into its budget planning process for the 2021 fiscal year. Leaders were getting ready to present a preliminary budget analysis to the governing board that month,…
Holyoke Community College (HCC) will use a $1.89 million federal grant to help families affected by opioid use. The funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will enhance the Massachusetts college’s existing…
In response to a breakdown in negotiations over spending legislation related to the pandemic, national and state community college leaders are urging expeditious enactment of a supplemental appropriations bill. A letter encouraging action, signed by…
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