The Carnegie Corporation of New York named Dr. DeRionne Pollard as a recipient of its Academic Leadership Award, Dr. Pollard is only the second community college recipient of this award. The honor consists of $500,000 in support for each winner’s…
When Montgomery College student Patty Pablo went to bed on August 13—after the nation spent the weekend watching white supremacists trounce through Charlottesville, bearing torches and messages of bigotry and hate—only four people had RSVP’d to the protest event she…
Single parents like Erica Brizuela, 23, rarely have time to get together with other single parents, or attend workshops, no matter how helpful they promise to be. Brizuela has a two-year-old son, works as a waitress, and takes classes at…
When Dr. Sanjay Rai, senior vice president for academic affairs, was in high school in India, he had to take a competitive, high-stakes math exam. The school was overcrowded—Dr. Rai took the exam in a hallway—and had no electricity. The…
E.J. Dionne is well-known to readers of the Washington Post, where he writes a political column, and to listeners of NPR, where he is frequent contributor. Earlier this summer Ken Becker, chair of the foundation’s board of directors, and his…
The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) recently announced the recipients of its annual Regional Awards for community college trustees, equity programs, chief executive officers, faculty members, and professional board staff members. Montgomery College Professor Tammy Peery is the recipient of the…