MCC Offers FREE Opportunity to Start College with Links Program

Middlesex Community College’s Links Program is a tuition-free program designed specifically to help nontraditional students start college. Applications are currently being accepted for spring semester, which begins Tuesday, Jan. 22.

Funded by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE) in partnership with MCC, Links provides an opportunity for eligible students to earn college and institutional credits FREE over the course of one or two semesters. The program was designed to provide individual assessment of skills, assistance with career planning, and academic guidance and support, as students begin their college education.

Eligible applicants must have a high school credential (diploma, HiSET or GED), be a Massachusetts resident, and take MCC College Placement Tests and place into Links courses. Preference is given to students who studied in a DESE-funded Adult Basic Education Program. However, other students are encouraged to apply.

Links classes are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, in Bedford and Lowell. Links students can use all Middlesex facilities and access all student services, including academic and career guidance, skills assessment, and individual support services. Classes are small, usually 15 students, and are comprised entirely of other Links students.

For more information about MCC’s Links Program, contact Karen Spengler, Links Program Coordinator and Advisor, at spenglerk@middlesex.mass.edu or 781-280-3654, or visit https://www.middlesex.mass.edu/links/

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