Results List
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Tompkins Cortland Community College
$250,000
Resource type: Grantee
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Sandhills Community College Foundation
$1,084,000
Resource type: Grantee
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Roosevelt Middle School: Bridging Cultures, Creating Community
A small blue and green globe is passed from hand to hand as parents, staff, and community partners introduce themselves and share about a cultural tradition or characteristic that they’re proud of – and that they want other members of their school community to understand…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Embracing History to Make History
Source: Clark College / Plus 50 Initiative
Clark College, one of five U.S. mentor colleges in the new Plus 50 Initiative, welcomes educational leaders with a visit to Fort Vancouver and a focus on history, tourism and second careers for older workers VANCOUVER, Wash. A visit to Fort Vancouver may result in…
Resource type: News
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Evaluation Spotlight: Staying After School in College
Source: YouthToday
Lessons from a university certificate program for after-school staff. 01 Oct 2008 by Erika Fitzpatrick In a mostly glowing initial review of a certificate program for after-school workers in New York City lies a dash of cold reality: the need for pathways of advancement for…
Resource type: News
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Center for Community Change Wins Leadership Award
Source: Center for Community Change
Dear Friends and Colleagues: As the chair of the Board of Directors of the Center for Community Change, I'm very proud of the investment the organization is making in leadership development in the nonprofit sector. Cultivating potential leaders who are passionate about social justice is…
Resource type: News
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Community colleges take lead in retraining retirees for new jobs
Source: USA Today
The American Association of Community Colleges is developing a nationwide program to retrain the crush of adults who will want -- and need -- to find new work after traditional retirement age, the group will announce today. The organization, which represents 1,200 community colleges across…
Resource type: News
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Savvy Schools
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Community colleges are taking the lead in helping older adults find new directions -- and new jobs by KELLY GREENE Ted English, age 62, a restaurant owner in Rapid City, S.D., had been thinking about changing careers, perhaps taking a job in travel or tourism.…
Resource type: News
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Boston College Receives $3.5 Million From Atlantic Philanthropies
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source Boston College has announced a $3.5 million grant from Atlantic Philanthropies to expand the consumer-directed healthcare program at the college's Center for the Study of Home and Community Life (CSHCL). The Cash and Counseling program at CSHCL matches counselors with individuals who want to design…
Resource type: News
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Charter school group gets $2.6 million grant Educators: College-ready rolls will increase
Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock)
by CYNTHIA HOWELL The Knowledge Is Power Program of charter schools in the Delta has received a $2.6 million grant to help open 10 more schools in four Arkansas towns by 2019. The schools would be patterned after the program's Delta College Preparatory middle and…
Resource type: News
