A Maryland community college is offering financial assistance to qualifying students affected by the partial federal government shutdown. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts – Website
Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) announced a $1.35 million gift from Dorothy Batten in support of the college’s Network2Work program. Batten’s commitment includes an outright gift of $150,000 per year for the next three years,…
In Maryland, Hagerstown Community College’s Center for Business and Entrepreneurial Studies (CBES) got a boost with a $15,000 contribution from Columbia Bank. CBES expects to open in late 2019 and will bring together HCC’s credit…
California’s Ohlone College has received $9.8 million from East Coast real-estate developer and retired contractor Frank DiMino. The gift is the largest in Ohlone’s 51-year history. Tabitha WhissemoreTabitha Whissemore is a contributor to Community College Daily…
North Carolina’s Johnston Community College (JCC) will use a $198,986 investment from Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas to connect students with hands-on training and career development opportunities. The funding will help to develop and…
College of Southern Maryland (CSM) received a $100,000 donation from the Matin family to create the Shaheen A. Matin Class of 1990 CSM Memorial Scholarship Endowment. The scholarship will support students studying in the college’s…
As the national debate about the prospect of free community college heats toward a boil, state and local College Promise programs continue to expand with a mix of public and private funding aimed to provide…
California’s San Bernardino Valley College (SBVC) will use a grant of nearly $200,000 to enhance and expand services of its Veterans Resource Center (VRC). The grant comes from the California Community College Chancellor’s Office. SBVC…
A lack of state resources for open-access public higher education institutions such as community colleges is, in part, contributing to an underrepresentation of qualifying minority students at selective public universities, according to a new report….
Using year-round Pell: About four out of five community colleges responding to a national survey say they have seen an increase in the number of students receiving Pell grants this summer compared to last summer….