Funding

Funding roundup

Three Connecticut community colleges will work to increase the number of low-income students entering and succeeding in college using a seven-year, $25.8 million U.S. Department of Education grant awarded to the state. Manchester, Naugatuck Valley…


Funding roundup

Michigan’s Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) plans to create a more personalized advising system for students, using a five-year, $2.1 million Strengthening Institutions grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Tabitha WhissemoreTabitha Whissemore is a…




Funding roundup

MetroHealth System awarded $1 million to Ohio’s Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) to support scholarships and to open a new Tri-C Access Center as part of MetroHealth’s new Institute for HOPE (Health, Opportunity, Partnership and Empowerment)….


Funding roundup

College of Southern Maryland (CSM) has received $25,000 from the Chaney Enterprises Foundation Fund to use toward scholarships for students who want to enter the workforce as pre-apprentices or earn a certified Commercial Driver’s License….



Funding roundup

In Massachusetts, MassBay Community College will use a $210,351 state grant to increase the number of underrepresented and underserved students pursuing degrees in computer science-related fields. The college will collaborate with Framingham State University (FSU)…


DataPoints

Less need for federal loans: Only one-quarter of community college students who received Pell grants took on federal-loan debt in 2015-16, compared to nearly two-thirds of students at public four-year institutions. (Read the PDF.) Kent…