Biden-Harris Administration Awards More Than $44 Million to Improve Postsecondary Education Access and Completion for Rural Students (2024)

State

Name

Amount

Description

Alabama

Chattahoochee Valley Community College

$2,226,554

Improve rural student success through the development of career pathways aligned to high-skill, in-demand industry sectors.

Alabama

George Corley Wallace State Community College

$2,227,500

Provide opportunities to transfer to a four-year institution or directly into the workforce.

Alabama

Unite Inc.

$2,179,248

Provide services for rural, first-generation, and high school students from low-income backgrounds to promote college enrollment.

California

Palo Verde College

$2,227,500

Provide an array of online and rural services to educate dual enrollment and new college students who have demonstrated academic need.

Indiana

University of Indianapolis

$2,033,672

Provide students with relationship-centered learning, integrated hands-on curriculum, and blended career and postsecondary education pathways that results in dual credit, workforce postsecondary credentials, and work-based learning experience.

Kansas

Independence Community College

$2,225,606

Enhance post-secondary career and education opportunities for high school students

Kansas

Newman University

$2,103,308

Provide academic and career supports to students in fields such as, agribusiness, business, education, nursing, and sonography.

Kentucky

Western Kentucky University

$2,035,668

Provide supports to students for postsecondary education success in teacher college and career pathways.

Montana

University of Montana-Missoula College

$1,815,359

Support rural secondary students and teachers in Western Montana by allowing for both the expansion of existing health science CTE programs and the development of new health science CTE programs related to college preparedness and access, student retention and success, and employability.

Nebraska

Nebraska Children and Families Foundation

$2,227,500

Implement high-quality student success programs, career exploration, wraparound services, and cross-agency coordination to advance systemic change to increase access to postsecondary education for rural students.

New Mexico

New Mexico Educational Assistance Foundation

$1,804,726

Provide targeted remote postsecondary education supports to students to bridge the digital divide.

North Carolina

Halifax Community College

$2,182,035

Create a professionally staffed Student Academic Support Center.

Ohio

Marion Technical College

$1,714,423

Increase postsecondary enrollment and degree attainment of rural students and awareness of in-demand occupations among rural populations in north-central Ohio.

Ohio

Ohio University

$2,022,519

Increase the number of underserved students in the Southeastern Appalachian region of Ohio who enroll in, and complete, postsecondary educational pathways leading to careers in Advanced Manufacturing and related STEM fields.

South Dakota

Black Hills State University

$1,993,247

Increase postsecondary education access and success for rural students by creating supports for students.

South Dakota

University of South Dakota School of Education

$2,227,335

Create a teacher fellowship program.

Texas

The Garrett Center on Transition and Disability Studies at Sam Houston State University

$2,219,533

Provide wraparound services for rural students with disabilities as they transition from school to employment.

Washington

Grays Harbor College

$2,227,500

Provide a suite of direct holistic student support services and individual support tailored to meet the needs of each individual rural student.

Washington

Heritage University

$811,773

Create a pathway to train a diverse nursing workforce.

West Virginia

EdVenture Group Inc.

$1,956,655

Provide secondary school students beginning as early as eighth grade with career and technical education experiences aligned with high-growth industries.

West Virginia

Southern Regional Education Board

$2,175,937

Provide academic and career supports for students for postsecondary education success in fields such as, business, accounting, and education.

Wisconsin

Western Technical College

$2,202,231

Develop pathways for rural students into Certified Pre-Apprenticeship and Registered Apprenticeship opportunities within the education, information technology, manufacturing, and healthcare industries.

Total

$44,839,829