COD Expands Tuition-Free Program

From COD: College of the Desert proudly announced Friday it will not only extend its tuition-free program to the next academic year, but it will also extend it to two years for 2017 and 2018 local high school graduates.

The college’s successful plEDGE program launched in the current 2017-2018 year, benefiting about 1,000 new students who graduated from local high schools in the spring and began attending College of the Desert full-time this year.

Superintendent/President Joel L. Kinnamon, Ed.D., and the Desert Community College District’s Board of Trustees announced during their monthly board meeting today (Friday) that the current plEDGE students will also receive free tuition in the 2018-2019 academic year and that local 2018 high school graduates will receive free tuition for the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 academic years.

“We do not want the cost of college to prevent students from pursuing a higher education,” said Kinnamon, who announced the inaugural plEDGE program during his State of the College address in January.

“This program helps remove some of the economic barriers to entering the first year of college while also providing critical guidance, skills and support that is essential to students achieving their educational and career goals,” he said.

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