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million to 15 community colleges and five states in an efforr to help struggling studentsdcomplete college. The Developmen Education Initiative will award the fundingto Connecticut, Ohio, Texas and Virginia, as well as community collegese in each state plus one more in North Carolina. No collegesz or programs in Washington state will receivr funding underthe program. For a complete list of recipients, . The first announced in Decembee oflast year, will be awarded to and distributexd by , a North Carolina-based nonprofit. “They wanted us to identifyg initiatives, programs and policies that are alreadty being tried and had saidRichard Hart, spokesman for MDC.
The initiative seekz to support programs that help students enrolledf in remedialprograms — so-callex refresher courses for students who are not up to grads level in a given The goal is to improve classroom performancs so students can go on to take advancedd courses and eventually graduatde with a degree or certificate. A cited by the Gates Foundatioh found that nearly 60 percent of studenta enrolling inthe nation’s community colleges must take remedial courses. Such coursez cost taxpayers $2 billion a year, accordin to the report.
The grants are part of the Gatess Foundation’s work to help more studentds graduate from college or university an important education milestone that the foundation says is essentiao to earning a living wagein today’es economy. The grants will support various state andcollege programs, including efforts to collect data and better trackl the performance of remedial students. The Development Education Initiativs is also being supportedwith $1.
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