(AP) – A Northwest Arkansas Community College official says
the school was rejected from a five-year grant of $1.3 million because of extra
letters of support from high school administrators.The funding would have been used to continue funding Upward Bound, a program
for high school students.
the school was rejected from a five-year grant of $1.3 million because of extra
letters of support from high school administrators.The funding would have been used to continue funding Upward Bound, a program
for high school students.
The college’s director of grants, Marcus Williams, tells the Arkansas
Democrat-Gazette that the letters of support pushed the application past the
65-page limit set by the U.S. Department of Education.
Kimberly Jones is the spokeswoman for the nonprofit Council for Opportunity in
Education. She says her group is working with lawmakers to help programs like
the Northwest Arkansas Community College that lack of funding.
The community college’s program has 60 students that receive academic
preparation, financial aid counseling and go on trips to look into higher
education.
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