Mercer County Community College is putting federal money directly into the hands of its students by way of reducing and eliminating debt. And its not waiting around to do so.
The school announced that, over the past 16 months, it has forgiven nearly $5 million in qualified balances such as tuition, fees and other costs to students enrolled during the pandemic.
At a time when the disbursement of so much federal aid has been slow, MCCC officials said they were determined to help those in need as quickly as possible. The college received an initial round of $2 million in funding from the CARES Act and went right to work.
CCMs goal: Give away $10M
The County College of Morris, like nearly all of the states county colleges, also has been …
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