Florida Tallahassee Community College (TCC) students in healthcare programs will benefit from several recent gifts to the college. A $500,000 gift from the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) Foundation will support student scholarships. The staff at…
When Crystal Bridgeman joined the Siemens Foundation as senior director of workforce development programs in 2014, she pored over research and led conversations about what kind of projects the foundation should invest in to have…
Nearly half of community college students say that a lack of financial resources could prompt them to withdraw, according to a new report. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts…
Illinois Highland Community College’s (HCC) expanding agriculture program will benefit from a donation $10,000 from the Stephenson Service Co. and Growmark Foundation. Tabitha WhissemoreTabitha Whissemore is a contributor to Community College Daily and managing editor of…
Community colleges were one of few exceptions to the overall decline in total revenues across higher education in fiscal year (FY) 2015. There was an overall decrease of 6.1 percent, compared to a 1.2 percent…
Twelve community colleges will participate in a $2.9-million grant program to give students a brighter future. Brighter Futures 3.0, headed by the League for Innovation in the Community College, is a three-part credentialing program for…
South Seattle College’s (SSC) 2017 Gifts from the Earth fundraiser raised a record $273,000. Proceeds from the event support SSC programs and students with scholarships, internships, emergency funding, tutoring and more. Student Blanca Olivera was…
Colorado Pikes Peak Community College (PPCC) and the Foundation for Colorado Community Colleges (FCCC) were awarded $250,000 by the GE Johnson Construction Company Community Foundation to help create a pipeline of workers for the local construction industry. “This…
Fiscal year 2016 wasn’t a good year for higher education endowments. From the $34.5 billion endowment at Harvard University to the $5.3 million endowment of Elgin Community College in Illinois, annual returns were down for…
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded nearly $26 million in grants to programs that will help dislocated workers in coal-impacted communities across five states. More than 7,300 workers and students impacted by the changing…