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Community Colleges to Receive Federal Funding Boost

With an enrollment increase of 5.4 percent in the past year, community colleges are rebounding faster than four-year colleges and universities.
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Community Colleges to Receive Federal Funding Boost
Bunker Hill Community College in Boston on June 17, 2025. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times
Aaron Gifford
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Community colleges and other higher education institutions will benefit from new federal funding for workforce development programs and artificial intelligence advancement in education, the federal government announced on Nov. 10.

In 2026, the Department of Education will make $50 million available for the creation and expansion of short-term programs, which are more common at community colleges and are now eligible for federal Pell grant funding, according to a news release.
Aaron Gifford
Aaron Gifford
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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.