College of Southern Maryland (CSM) received $350,000 from the Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund to complete interior renovations and build out its Velocity Center. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan joined Rural Maryland Council Board First Vice…
Community college students in Arkansas, California, Michigan, Texas, Washington and elsewhere will benefit from a first-of-its-kind initiative in the philanthropic and postsecondary education sector to help address basic needs insecurity among college students. Matthew DembickiMatthew…
Editor’s note: This article is part of a monthly series provided by the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations, an affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges. From new student orientations to…
North Carolina’s Durham Technical Community College will use a $50,000 grant from RTI International to establish a scholarship endowment fund for early childhood education students. Tabitha WhissemoreTabitha Whissemore is a contributor to Community College Daily…
No. 196. Ed FinkelEd Finkel is an education writer based in Illinois.More Posts
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…
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…
Democrats and Republicans on the House education committee seem to agree that not all U.S. jobs require a college degree, and that more can be done to help students access postsecondary programs that lead to…
A federal program to prepare low-income individuals for good-paying healthcare careers would see its federal funding quintupled — from $85 million to $425 million annually — under a bill passed this week by the House…
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)….