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Montgomery College trustees ask council for $6.3 million increase to preserve affordability and support faculty
Summary
Montgomery College Board Chair Gloria Parisio Blackwell asked the council for a $6.3 million operating increase — the college’s first in four years — to sustain affordable tuition, faculty compensation and growing enrollment that has outpaced budget growth.
Gloria Parisio Blackwell, chair of the Montgomery College Board of Trustees, told the council Montgomery College needs a $6.3 million operating increase to meet rising enrollment and preserve affordable pathways to higher education.
"We provide affordable pathways for displaced federal workers, veterans, student parents, recent high school…
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