Grant Highlights
Education
ACCESS promotes college access for underserved students by offering free college-affordability programs to high school students in Boston and Springfield, Mass. This three-year grant supports a national expansion into three new cities, the extension of financial-aid counseling to 20,000 additional students, and the development of a certification program in college financial-aid advising.
The national initiative seeks to increase the academic success of community college students, particularly low-income and minority individuals. This four-year grant sustains the initiative’s Michigan expansion by funding the participation of Macomb Community College for three additional years, and supporting the participation of 10 Michigan colleges for one additional year.
The national initiative seeks to increase the academic success of community college students, particularly low-income and minority individuals. This four-year grant expands the initiative’s footprint in California by supporting the participation of eight colleges in the Los Angeles Community College District, which serves nearly a quarter-million students.
Admission Possible provides intensive college-access assistance and services to underserved high school juniors and seniors in the metropolitan areas of Minnesota’s Twin Cities and Milwaukee, Wis. This three-year grant supports a national expansion strategy and helps to fund the launch of the program in Omaha, Neb., its third market.
The alumni association is an independent, membership organization that offers alumni programs and services and supports the University of Michigan. This two-year grant provides funding for the association’s LEAD Scholars Program, which uses scholarships and targeted outreach to recruit, retain, and graduate underrepresented minority students.
The association is the leading advocacy and membership organization for the nation’s 1,200 community colleges and their nearly 12 million students. This grant underwrites the 21st-Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges, which is charged with comprehensively examining the challenges and opportunities facing this fast-growing sector of higher education.
The association is the leading advocacy and membership organization for the nation’s 1,200 community colleges and their nearly 12 million students. This two-year grant provides multifaceted support for the Sustainability Education and Economic Development Initiative, which seeks to help community colleges build a skilled work force for a globally competitive green economy.
The nation’s major higher-education coordinating body seeks to increase education access and attainment for traditional and nontraditional learners. This grant funds the design of a graduate fellowship program to encourage veterans to become university faculty.
The nation’s major higher-education coordinating body seeks to increase education access and attainment for traditional and nontraditional learners. This three-year grant supports the national coordination of an annual College Application Week in each state to highlight the resources available to help low-income and first-generation students pursue postsecondary education.
The consortium of 36 small, primarily faith-based private colleges in central Appalachia is historically committed to serving the region’s first-generation and low-income students. This multiyear grant supports Latino student success at member institutions.