波特兰州立大学再获790万美元联邦拨款：转学支持项目ACCE扩至第四所社区学院
位于美国俄勒冈州摩特诺玛县波特兰市（Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon）的波特兰州立大学（Portland State University）10月12日在官网宣布，从美国教育部与劳工部的高等教育改进基金（FIPSE）再获790万美元拨款，用于扩大其转学生支持项目ACCE；联邦对该项目的总投入由此接近1,600万美元。
ACCE的全称是Access, Connect, Complete, Engage，2024年启动，为想从地区社区学院转入波特兰州立大学攻读四年制学位的学生提供全程服务：学生在社区学院阶段就配上学业教练，转入大学后由校内教练接续，并配合经济支持、数据共享与协调好的转学路径。据项目页面，ACCE已服务800多名学生，其中多数是家中第一代大学生。
合作版图随这笔拨款继续扩大：项目最初与Clackamas社区学院、Mt. Hood社区学院合作，此后加入Portland社区学院，本轮再新增Chemeketa社区学院。各伙伴社区学院将获经费设置半职职业教练岗位。
拨款还将设立一个新的「工作本位学习基金」（Work-Based Learning Fund），帮助学生获得带薪实习、项目制实践与学徒等与职业衔接的经历。学生从社区学院阶段就开始探索职业、制定职业规划，并有清晰的课程转学与职业地图，把社区学院课程与波特兰州立大学学位及就业连起来；学校还将设专职职业顾问与负责开发雇主伙伴关系的岗位。
Portland State Lands Another $7.9 Million Federal Grant, Extending Its ACCE Transfer Program to a Fourth Community College
Portland State University in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, announced on its website on October 12 that it has landed a $7.9 million grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), a program of the U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Labor, extending its ACCE transfer student program. The new award brings total federal funding directed to the program to nearly $16 million.
ACCE, short for Access, Connect, Complete, Engage, launched in 2024 and provides wraparound services to students who want to transfer from area community colleges to Portland State to pursue a four-year degree: students work with academic coaches while still at their community college, then continue with a dedicated coach at Portland State, alongside financial support, data sharing and coordinated transfer pathways. According to the program page, ACCE has served more than 800 students, a strong majority of them first-generation college students.
The partnership grows with this grant: what began in 2024 with Clackamas and Mt. Hood Community Colleges, and later added Portland Community College, now adds Chemeketa Community College. Each partner community college will receive funding for a half-time career coaching position.
The grant also establishes a new Work-Based Learning Fund to help students access paid internships, projects, apprenticeships and other career-connected experiences. Students will begin exploring careers and developing career plans while still at community college, with clear program-level transfer and career maps connecting community college coursework to Portland State degrees and employment; the university will also fund a dedicated career counselor and a role devoted to employer partnerships.
Portland State University official announcement
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