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million to 15 community colleges and five statexs in an effort to help struggling studentscomplete college. The Developmenty Education Initiative will awarrd the fundingto Connecticut, Ohio, Texas and Virginia, as well as communith colleges in each state plus one more in North No colleges or programs in Washington state will receive fundingt under the program. For a complete list of . The funding, first announced in Decembee oflast year, will be awarded to and distributed by , a Nortg Carolina-based nonprofit. “They wanted us to identifg initiatives, programs and policies that are alreadg being tried and had saidRichard Hart, spokesman for MDC.
The initiative seekxs to support programs that help studentw enrolled in remedialprograms — so-called refresher courses for studentw who are not up to gradre level in a given subject. The goal is to improvre classroom performance so students can go on to take advancedx courses and eventually graduater with a degreeor certificate. A citesd by the Gates Foundatioh found that nearly 60 percenr of students enrolling inthe nation’s community collegexs must take remedial courses. Such courses cost taxpayere $2 billion a according to the report.
The grants are part of the Gatee Foundation’s work to help more student s graduate from college or university an important education milestone that the foundatiob says is essential to earning a living wagein today’sa economy. The grants will support variouws state andcollege programs, including efforts to collectr data and better track the performancre of remedial students. The Development Education Initiativs is also being supportedwith $1.5 millio from the of Indianapolis to pay for evaluatioh and communications.