The Board of Trustees of Community College District #508 Inc., doing business as Olive-Harvey College, received a $521,099 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Education Stabilization Fund federal grant program. The grant funds will be used to assist students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic through direct aid and institutional changes from July 13, 2022 through July 12, 2023. As the parent organization, the Board of Trustees of...
This $500,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program. The funds will support a 3-year initiative led by the Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508, operating as the City Colleges of Chicago, to develop a roadmap to help high school seniors in Chicago pursue postsecondary education. Through this initiative, City Colleges of Chicago will...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education has awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program to William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Illinois. This 3-year grant, effective from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will support the college's "Supporting Advanced Fire and Emergency Services Technology Initiative (SAFE Tech Initiative)." The project aims to develop innovative...
The Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $990,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program to the Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508, doing business as Richard J. Daley College, a public Hispanic-serving institution in Chicago, Illinois. The award, spanning from January 1, 2025 to January 1, 2028, will support the "WEEKEND WARRIORS" initiative, which aims to enhance...
The Board of Trustees of Wilbur Wright College received a $181,983.47 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development federal grant program (CFDA 45.162) for the period of January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2020. The grant funding supported the development of new curriculum focused on Latino/a studies for use across the community college. As a sub-awardee of the City Colleges...
The Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508, doing business as City Colleges of Chicago, was awarded a $596,278 Project Grant from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) federal grant program. The grant will support the organization's proposed project to ensure that underserved military veterans from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds have opportunities to pursue higher education....
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education has awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.116) program to William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Illinois. The grant, which has an award date of September 1, 2024 and a completion date of August 31, 2027, will support the college's "Advanced Semiconductor Equipment and Nanotechnology Technician (ASCENT) Project." The project aims to develop a...
The William Rainey Harper College received a $105,078.98 Project Grant award from the Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under the Occupational Safety and Health Susan Harwood Training Grants program (CFDA 17.502). The grant will support the delivery of occupational safety and health training and education services to employees and employers from September 2021 through September 2022. Specifically, the funding will provide for activities aimed at...
The Department of Education awarded William Rainey Harper College $500,000 under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program to develop an aviation maintenance program. The three-year project grant will support curriculum design and instructional materials procurement to establish new postsecondary educational opportunities in aviation maintenance from June 2023 through May 2026. As a community college, Harper will leverage FIPSE funding to directly expand access to...
The 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) program to Hudson County Community College (HCCC) in Jersey City, NJ. The award, titled the "Hudson Scholars Expansion Project at HCCC," is intended to support institutional reforms and innovative strategies designed to improve postsecondary education quality and expand opportunities, with a focus on serving...