Gavilan attracts $6M federal grant

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Gavilan College in Gilroy has been awarded $6 million from the U.S. Department of Education for a program to aid Hispanic and low-income students generally in science and technology instructional areas, among other topics. The campus will receive $1.2 million annually over the next five years for a program titled ?STEM Magnet: Improving Pathways for Hispanic/Low-Income Students.? STEM is an acronym for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Coalition, an organization that seeks to strengthen academic programs in those subject areas to upgrade workforce development in higher education...