The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $783,580 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado Denver, under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The grant will fund the development and delivery of a Rural Public Health Certificate program over 3 years from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026. As the prime awardee, the University of Colorado Denver will leverage its...
The Colorado State University-Pueblo was awarded a $8,480,850 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program, effective January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2027. This grant will fund CSU-Pueblo's implementation of comprehensive advising, data management, and learning support strategies to retain and graduate low-income, minoritized students across the Colorado State University system. The project aims to improve access...
The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Fort Lewis College a $973,560 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program. The grant will support the college's DIGITAL LEARNING: A PATHWAY TO EQUITY, ACCESS AND SUCCESS FOR LOW-INCOME, FIRST-GENERATION, AND INDIGENOUS STUDENTS project from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025. The project aims to provide innovative strategies to improve postsecondary instruction and expand...
The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Pueblo Community College (PCC) a $899,951 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program (CFDA #84.116) to support basic student needs at PCC. This 3-year grant, with an award date of January 1, 2025 and a completion date of December 31, 2027, will enable PCC to develop and implement innovative strategies to address critical challenges faced by its student population, with a focus...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $1,804,726 Project Grant to the New Mexico Educational Assistance Foundation under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The award, titled "Bridging the Gap: Empowering Rural Education through Distance Learning and Mobile Advising," aims to enhance the quality, accessibility, and effectiveness of postsecondary education in rural areas, particularly for underserved...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) provides $300,000.00 to Colorado Mountain College to support a bilingual workforce development initiative titled "Increasing Language Access in Rural Colorado Mountain Communities through Robust Interpreter Continuing Education Pipelines." The project aims to enhance language access and interpreter skills in rural Colorado through a multi-year program of...
The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Colorado State University a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The grant will support Colorado State University's efforts to increase minority student access to a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. Specifically, the university will coordinate with its Department of Mechanical Engineering to...
Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado received a $1.3 million Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education on June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2026. The grant funding will support the launch of a collaborative nursing workforce education degree program focused on rural and indigenous healthcare needs through the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program (CFDA 84.116). This program aims to support institutional reforms and innovative...
The U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $460,584 Project Grant to The Regents of the University of Colorado (doing business as University of Colorado-Denver), an accredited public research university, under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The 3-year grant, effective June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2026, will support the Injury and Violence Prevention Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus....
The University of New Mexico was awarded a $2.3 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 grant period runs from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Through this funding, the University will implement institutional reforms and innovative strategies to improve postsecondary instruction and expand educational opportunities in rural areas, as...