The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $1,936,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) to Peninsula College in Port Angeles, Washington. The 3-year grant, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027, will fund the Olympic Peninsula Dental Hygiene Program. This program aims to enhance the quality, accessibility, and effectiveness of postsecondary education in the region by developing innovative...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) to Cape Cod Community College in West Barnstable, MA. The award, effective June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2026, will support the College's Dental Science Program Expansion Initiative. Through this Project Grant, Cape Cod Community College will expand its academic offerings and student support services in the dental...
The Alamo Community College District, doing business as San Antonio College, has been awarded a $1,963,747 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program to lead the "ALAMO COLLEGES OER CONSORTIUM PROJECT". This initiative focuses on developing and implementing open educational resources (OER) to enhance the quality and accessibility of postsecondary education. The award period runs from January 1, 2024 to...
The University of New Mexico (UNM) was awarded a $2,124,223 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program by the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education. The grant, titled "NEW MEXICO OER CONSORTIUM PILOT PROJECT", has a performance period from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The objectives of this grant are to: 1) Develop and transition 20-25 courses at UNM and sub-awardee Central New Mexico Community College...
Framingham State University was awarded a $1,341,866 project grant from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program. The grant will support the university's efforts to remix open textbooks through an equity lens by developing culturally relevant open textbooks for high enrollment general education and career/professional courses across six public Massachusetts colleges. Work will involve revising existing...
The U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) awarded a $2,096,155 Project Grant to Colorado State University, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The grant, titled "Engineering a Trajectory of Success: Open Educational Resource Creation," will fund the development of a repository of open, accessible learning objects, including 3D animated models and 2D images that illustrate real-world engineering...
The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded The Ohio State University a $2,125,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The award, titled "FORTIFYING OPEN EDUCATION: SCALING XIMERA FOR ENDURING IMPACT," will support the University's efforts to scale and enhance the Ximera open educational resource platform over a 3-year project period from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The FIPSE program,...
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System was awarded a $1.2 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) federal grant program. The three-year award, issued on September 1, 2021 and set to conclude on August 30, 2024, will support a system-wide initiative to expand open educational resource (OER) opportunities for teacher education across Minnesota's public...
This $433,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education, under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program, supports an open education resources and course sharing project. The 3-year award to the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission will enable the development and implementation of innovative strategies to improve postsecondary education quality and expand postsecondary opportunities in the...
The U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program awarded a $2,494,029 Project Grant to the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges to develop the OPEN TEXTBOOKS FOR WASHINGTON PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL PROGRAMS (OPEN PROFTECH) project. This 3-year grant, running from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026, supports the Board's efforts to create openly licensed textbooks and course materials for professional and technical...