Title V Cooperative Grant
Pueblo Community College is the recipient of a 3.1 million dollar Title V Cooperative grant in conjunction with CSU-Pueblo entitled “Improving the Pipeline for Student Success”. The focus of this grant is to increase the transfer rate between PCC and CSU-Pueblo by aligning the curriculum between the institutions, providing transfer resources at both campuses, and instituting professional development for faculty and staff. The grant activity also includes a curriculum alignment effort between PCC, CSU-Pueblo, District 60, and District 70 with the goal of creating an educational pipeline where students can move from high school to college with the skills to succeed in school and in the job market. The successful implementation of the grant will benefit the entire Pueblo community by fostering success in education and employment.
Title V Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions Program
The grant project is funded through the US Department of Education. The project focuses on improving the retention, persistence and graduation rates of PCC students.
At times students are entering colleges under-prepared and/or overwhelmed with other responsibilities. In addition, they lack the support and guidance needed to be successful. We have designed our approach to help carry the load through various components such as improving support services by implementing Education Advocates, implementing and increasing the number of Learning Community offerings, and providing more specific professional development curriculum for faculty and staff.