According to a news release from LSCS, the grant is part of the Institutional Resilience and Expanded Postsecondary Opportunity program to address the greatest unmet needs related to the pandemic, which enable institutions to resume or enhance in-person and online operations and implement COVID-19 mitigation strategies.
The release states LSCS will use the funds to develop an Extended Classrooms Expanded Opportunities project to allow the college to resume operations while expanding educational opportunities. The project includes two strategies: the the conversion of regular classrooms into technology-enabled extended classrooms and professional development.
“Lone Star College is committed to providing the tools students need to be successful,” LSC Chancellor Stephen Head said in the release. “This new innovative program will ensure our students have access to the resources they need to complete their degree.”
According to the release, Sen. John Cornyn helped distribute the funds from the awarded grants to institutions in Texas.
In all, the U.S. Department of Education awarded 62 institutions or consortiums more than $112 million in financial support. Of those institutions, more than half are community colleges, are historically Black colleges and universities, or serve minorities or rural students.
