Title III
In 2005 Columbia College Chicago was awarded a five-year $1.85 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education under the Title III, Part A, Strengthening Institutions Program, established by Congress as part of the Higher Education Act of 1965. As one of the largest and most competitive multi-year grants of the U.S. Department of Education, the Title III grant will help Columbia College respond to the Columbia 2010 strategic plan by working to enhance student learning, increase student satisfaction, and become a more student-centered institution with an ultimate goal to increase retention and graduation rates. The Columbia College Title III Grant components focus on Advising, First-Year Seminar and Learning Resources.
The Aid for Institutional Development programs (commonly referred to as the Title III programs) support improvements in educational quality, management and financial stability at qualifying postsecondary institutions. Funding is focused on institutions that enroll large proportions of minority and financially disadvantaged students with low per-student expenditures. The programs provide financial assistance to help institutions solve problems that threaten their ability to survive, to improve their management and fiscal operations, and to build endowments.(www.ed.gov)
The Aid for Institutional Development programs (commonly referred to as the Title III programs) support improvements in educational quality, management and financial stability at qualifying postsecondary institutions. Funding is focused on institutions that enroll large proportions of minority and financially disadvantaged students with low per-student expenditures. The programs provide financial assistance to help institutions solve problems that threaten their ability to survive, to improve their management and fiscal operations, and to build endowments.(www.ed.gov)