ncc receives perkins grant 2009

NEWS RELEASE

Immediate: October 16, 2009 Contact: Alicia Steger 516.572.9634 e-mail: alicia.steger@ncc.edu

Nassau Community College Receives Perkins Grant of Over $500,000

Garden City, NY - Nassau Community College is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $525,359 Perkins grant. The grant serves career and technical education students as well as two local Workforce Investment Boards in Nassau County. The NCC Foundation and Finance Departments will be responsible for the fiscal management of this project.

Perkins grants are awarded to develop more fully the academic, vocational and technical skills of secondary and post-secondary students who elect to enroll in vocational technical education by, for example, building on the efforts of States and localities to develop challenging academic standards; promoting the development of services and activities that integrate academic, vocational and technical education; and increasing state and local flexibility in providing services and activities designed to develop, implement and improve vocational and technical education.

The Perkins Project at Nassau Community College is directed by the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research.

 

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