A spending bill passed Wednesday by a Senate appropriations subcommittee would provide a 1.7 percent increase — $100 — to the maximum Pell Grant award, setting it at $6,020 for fiscal year 2018. Matthew DembickiMatthew…
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow said Michigan is facing such a shortage of skilled tradespeople that Congress should provide federal matching funds to help community colleges and businesses provide training to more students. Addressing employers’ inability…
Georgia’s Gwinnett Technical College is better assisting nursing students thanks to a $10,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente Gives. The funding made it possible for Gwinnett Tech to award $1,000 scholarships to 10 nursing students. Tabitha…
In managing the wide-area networks for 13 colleges in northeast Texas, Mickey Slimp has seen campus network usage rise sharply in recent years — and the biggest spike is yet to come. Dennis PierceDennis Pierce…
Editor’s note: This article concludes a two-part feature on community college CEOs who were recently elected to served on the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) board of directors. For Vicki Karolewics, president of Wallace…
Wisconsin Madison College has announced $10 million in contributions from the Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Foundation and $1.3 million from the American Family Insurance Dreams Foundation to cover costs associated with the first…
Miami Dade College (MDC) and Florida International University (FIU) will share in a $1 million gift from the Braman Family Foundation. The funds will be used for 1,000 student scholarships — 500 at MDC, 500…
Trends in Pell spending: Total Pell Grant spending, as well as spending at two-year institutions, has gradually declined since its high point in 2011-12, but it remains well above when the recent recession started in…
Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and a major Michigan utility’s foundation each have committed $1 million to cover college tuition for Flint high school graduates in the wake of the city’s water crisis. Associated PressCopyright…
California’s Rio Hondo College is collaborating with Central Oregon Community College on a $778,000, three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education grant project. The goal is to develop a safety certification program for technicians…