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SANTA FE, N.M. Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands University received a $510,363 grant that will be used to create a distance learning site in Mora, New Mexico, for the university’s students and the community.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded Highlands the grant, which is a partnership with Collaborative Visions, a nonprofit in Mora. Highlands calls the grant the Education Beyond Campus project.
“This grant award provides Highlands the opportunity to take education to the people instead of solely inviting the people to come to an education at campus,” said Edward Martínez of Highlands, who is the lead researcher for the grant. “However, technology, and more specifically broadband and connectivity, poses a barrier to bringing distance learning to the rural communities and homes of northern New Mexico.