AACC Invites Applicants For Service-Learning Workshop Mini-Grants

Deadline: August 6, 2010

The American Association of Community Colleges has announced the availability of $2,000 mini-grants for community colleges interested in organizing and hosting regional workshops on service learning. Up to four colleges will be selected.

The workshops are made possible through AACC's national project, Community Colleges Broadening Horizons through Service Learning, funded by the Learn and Serve America program of the Corporation for National and Community Service.

Each mini-grant recipient must agree to organize and host a workshop for the recipient college and at least four other community colleges between October 1, 2010, and May 31, 2011; focus on aspects of service learning that are specific to the community college experience; and feature plans or activities related to the Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service (January 17, 2011). A $2,000 cash or in-kind match is required.

Visit the AACC Web site at www.aacc.nche.edu for program information.