Paying for college isn’t easy, and neither is staying enrolled, but College of the Desert has changed that dynamic for thousands of local students with its tuition-free plEDGE program. When the ...

The college’s new plEDGE program provides free tuition to incoming students who graduated from local high schools in the spring and attend College of the Desert full-time this school year.

College of the Desert received its largest one-time grant in its 60+ year history, courtesy of MacKenzie Scott, philanthropist and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Scott made an $18 million ...