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Reasons for Giving
- Community colleges are an integral part of the community. We are of, by and for the residents of this area. Help us and you help your neighbors and yourself.
- Community colleges are a stable educational force in the community. We are here to stay, and if you invest in us, we’ll continue to grow.
- Community colleges build the local workforce. The students we educate primarily come from and typically remain in the community.
- Community colleges can leverage your gifts. Private, local and state matching programs make your donor dollars go further.
- Community colleges are a good investment. Even small gifts are significant, and substantial gifts can directly guide and influence positive future programming.
- Community colleges focus on teaching and emphasize learning. Help fund our programs and your efforts will be recognized by satisfied employers and positive word of mouth from graduates.
- Community colleges are a quality alternative to more costly schools. We provide the perfect path for students wanting to enter the workforce directly after graduating and for those planning to transfer into a bachelor’s degree program. Support for us ensures outreach to underserved populations and expanded access to postsecondary education.
- Community colleges expand the circle of opportunity. Our support helps weave the future fabric of our communities through job training, enhanced learning potential, and convenient and affordable programs for lifelong learning.
- Community colleges support civic values.
- Community colleges keep social capital in the local community.
- Community colleges emphasize a comprehensive mission through which diverse interests can be expressed and supported.
- Community colleges are among North America’s most promising and flexible social, educational and cultural assets. We are models of initiative—
- We build audiences for the arts and humanities.
- We stimulate the effective use of emerging technologies.
- We adapt to changes in the structure of employment and workforce needs.
- We promote immediate, accessible gateways to personal, career and academic development for people of color, the poor, the newly immigrated and those less well prepared academically.
- Community colleges enroll 6.6 million credit students in 1,186 community colleges across the country. That is 45 percent of all undergraduates. The United States depends on the human resources we provide for a strong and secure nation.
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