Federal Grant Award Summary

The College of the Florida Keys received a $584,699 Project Grant from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Higher Education Institutional Aid program (CFDA 84.031) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The award supports the institution's efforts to expand student access and improve completion rates through technology-enabled educational delivery. Specifically, the college will expand its hybrid-flex course modality—a flexible learning format combining in-person and online instruction—and enhance its data collection systems to better track student progress and institutional outcomes.

As a Hispanic-serving and minority-serving institution located in Key West, Florida, the College of the Florida Keys will leverage this funding to strengthen its capacity to serve diverse student populations through improved educational technology infrastructure. The hybrid-flex course expansion and enhanced data collection systems are designed to remove barriers to student access, particularly for populations with scheduling constraints or geographic limitations, while providing the institution with improved analytics to inform retention and completion strategies.