{"id":411154,"date":"2024-07-30T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=411154"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Tuition-free-college-available-at-GCC","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Tuition-free-college-available-at-GCC\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuition free college available at GCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guam Community College is offering \u201cFree College\u201d for the Fall 2024 semester, in four programs: Construction trades, information technology, accounting, and education.<\/p>\n<p>GCC\u2019s Free College will cover tuition and fees for students who complete the full two-year program. For applicants who qualify for Federal Financial Aid, the Free College program will help pay fees and costs not covered by FAFSA. Each program will accept a maximum of 20 students.<\/p>\n<p>To qualify for Free College, candidates need a high school diploma, GED\u00ae\ufe0f Certification, or high school equivalency. Participants must also apply for the FAFSA. Individuals who have already obtained a degree or certificate from an accredited program are not qualified for the Free College program.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for the Free College programs are available at the GCC Mangilao campus in The Administration Building (#2000) Monday through Friday between 8am and 5pm. GCC will continue accepting applications for each program until each cohort is filled. Visit the GCC website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guamcc.edu\/freecollege\" target=\"_blank\">www.guamcc.edu\/freecollege<\/a> for the steps to apply.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call the GCC Admissions Office at (671) 735-5531 extension 5533\/5534, or visit the GCC Admissions office in Building 2000 on the GCC campus in Mangilao from 8am to 5pm, Monday through Fridays to apply. <em><strong><em>(PR)<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/18e7b2b4eeb07f304905fb10fdd9ac07.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><br \/>GCC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guam Community College is offering \u201cFree College\u201d for the Fall 2024 semester, in four programs:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-411154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}