Thursday, March 3, 2011

Community College Get Creative in Rasing Funds

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Find out how Rural colleges low tuition by creative fund raising. This may mean lower tuition for students.

Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from an article in the February/March 2011 edition of the Community College Journal, the bimonthly magazine of the American Association of Community Colleges.

When administrators at California’s West Hills Community College (WHCC) District bandied about suggestions for a guest speaker to raise money toward construction of a new events center on the college’s Lemoore campus, one bold, if controversial, name rose to the top: Sarah Palin.

Love her or hate her, the high-profile politician would generate interest among potential givers, Squire thought. She was right: Tickets sold out before administrators announced Palin’s visit to the press.

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