Bunker Hill Community College Earns Vision Project Performance Incentive Grant
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) has received a $215,883 grant from a state fund designed to spur innovations and improve educational outcomes in public higher education, the College has announced.
BHCC will use the grant to double the capacity of the College’s Summer Bridge program. The Summer Bridge program enables entering students who need developmental English and/or math coursework to receive intensive instruction during the summer prior to fall enrollment.
“It is critical that we dramatically expand our services to students,” said BHCC President Pam Y. Eddinger, Ph.D. “The grant’s resources allow us to give our students a leg-up in starting and completing college.”
Created by the legislature in fiscal year 2012, the Vision Project Performance Incentive Fund supports activity on the Commonwealth’s public college and university campuses to advance the Vision Project goals of national leadership in areas such as college participation, college completion, student learning, workforce alignment, preparing citizens and closing achievement gaps. Also funded are collaborations to achieve operational efficiency.
“In many ways, this is higher education’s own ‘Race to the Top,’” said Education Secretary Matt Malone. “A number of these grants are being used to scale up programs that have proven track records. We’re not just throwing money at problems; we are rewarding campuses that have spent money wisely and have results to show for it.”
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With more than 50 years of academic excellence, Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) is Massachusetts' largest community college, annually welcoming a diverse community of around 16,000 students. With campuses in Charlestown and Chelsea, BHCC extends its reach across several locations in Greater Boston. The College offers associate degrees and certificates, early college and dual enrollment, community education, corporate training, and industry-specific training programs. BHCC is celebrated for its diversity, boasting a student body where 65% identify as people of color and more than half are women. The College also embraces a global perspective, with over 600 international students representing 90 countries and conversing in more than 65 languages. Our commitment to diversity is further reflected in BHCC's designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI).