Emergency-assistance grants have helped students at 16 Wisconsin technical colleges stay in school and receive degrees or certificates — and the program’s funder credits strong institutional support as a key reason for its success. In 2012, Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation awarded $1.5 million over three years to establish emergency grant programs at each […]

Want to know how much money the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD), in Texas, generated for its region in 2012–13? (The answer is $4.8 billion.) Or how many jobs that equates to? (More than 70,000.) Or how much money DCCCD students earn in higher wages for every $1 they invest in tuition and other […]

In the 15 years that he’s been in charge of fundraising at Northeast Mississippi Community College, in Booneville, Mississippi, Patrick Eaton has helped bring in $17 million in donations for the school. That longtime record, along with some of his most recent successes, earned Eaton the Council for Resource Development’s 2015 Campus Impact Award for […]

The U.S. Department of Education plans to change states’ access to data from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) beginning in 2017. But some state leaders fear this change will make it harder for them to administer their state aid programs, which could have a trickle-down effect on community college students and the […]

Officials at Lane Community College, in Eugene, Oregon, are unsure whether they will continue offering Perkins loans to students next year — and they likely aren’t alone. Although the federal Perkins loan program has helped about 30 million students in its 57-year history, according to Betsy Mayotte, director of regulatory compliance for American Student Assistance, […]

Community colleges will be getting a lot of attention on Capitol Hill in 2016. Besides legislation supporting President Obama’s call for tuition-free community college, AACC will be watching to see whether Congress finally reauthorizes the Higher Education Act and the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, both of which are overdue for a […]

Editor’s Note: This article, written by Tabitha Whissemore, originally appeared at Community College Daily. The Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation has awarded $1.5 million in grants to 31 colleges in Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin through its Dash Emergency Grant program. Dash grants help at-risk students by quickly providing small emergency grants to help them continue […]

Each August, as many as 1,200 people descend on the campus of Columbus State Community College (CSCC), in Columbus, Ohio, to sample gourmet food, sip local beer and listen to live music. For $100 each, guests can stroll and taste food prepared by more than 50 local restaurants, chefs and other culinary experts. This year’s […]

Orange Coast College (OCC) in Costa Mesa, California, has a few innovative programs that bring in up to $5 million per year in ancillary funding for the 23,000-student community college. The swap meet For several years, the OCC Foundation has run a weekend swap meet out of one of the school’s largest parking lots, says […]

With a $220,000 grant from the Department of Education, Eastern Maine Community College (EMCC) is launching a host of services this fall to help low-income, first-generation and disabled students succeed. The ultimate goal is to guide 150 of these students through the college experience toward graduating from EMCC or transferring to a four-year institution, says […]