$10m Donation to Holyoke Community College Sets Record, Challenges Norms

“For institutions like these that generally have very small endowments, a gift like this can make a huge difference for students,” Thomas Brock told CommonWealth. “If the goal of higher education, at least in part, is to foster greater social mobility, it is community colleges that are serving that function, giving people skills to move into the middle class and even above.”