In today’s rundown: A Women’s Foundation Grantee Partner turns 25. | And enrollment at local two-year colleges is on the rise.
— Casa de Maryland, a Women’s Foundation Grantee Partner, celebrated its 25th anniversary by opening a new multicultural center in Langley Park. Casa is the largest immigrant advocacy organization in Maryland.
— As the cost of attending a four-year traditional college continues to rise, community colleges in Maryland and Virginia are seeing an increase in enrollment, according to WAMU. Virginia community colleges have seen a 7.2 percent increase in enrollment over last year. And in Maryland there was an 11.7 percent jump between 2008 and 2009.
