Augusta Technical College President Terry D. Elam is pleased to announce that the College has been awarded a $3 million Predominately Black Institutions Competitive Grant by the U.S. Department of Education. The new project (2015-2019) is a successor to the PBI project awarded in 2011 with the goal of improving the educational outcomes of African American male students. 

The project will enhance services of the Success Center, academic advising for Learning Support students, and continue to expand the institution’s research capacity and student success agenda. New grant activities will focus on the College implementing a Prior Learning Assessment program, increasing the quality and use of online credit-bearing courses, and preparing secondary teachers and post-secondary faculty through professional development to support African American students in Dual Enrollment programs at local high schools and at Augusta Technical College. 

“We are thrilled to receive this news on the heels of our Commissioner’s visit to Augusta,” stated Terry Elam. “This grant will allow us to continue the work we began in 2011 and will help us build as we move forward in the process of providing quality technical education to the students in our communities.”

For more information, please contact Kimberly Holden at 706.771.4819.