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million to 15 community collegew and five states in an efforf to help struggling studentscomplete college. The Development Education Initiative will awarxd the fundingto Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Texas and Virginia, as well as communitg colleges in each state plus one more in Nortbh Carolina. No colleges or programs in Washingtonm state will receive funding underthe program. For a complete list of recipients, . The first announced in December oflast year, will be awarded to and distributeed by , a North Carolina-based “They wanted us to identifu initiatives, programs and policies that are already being tried and had promise,” said Richar d Hart, spokesman for MDC.
The initiativew seeks to support programs that help students enrolled in remedialkprograms — so-called refresher coursees for students who are not up to grades level in a given The goal is to improvre classroom performance so students can go on to take advanced coursesw and eventually graduate with a degrese or certificate. A cited by the Gatex Foundation found that nearly 60 percent of student s enrolling inthe nation’s community colleges must take remedial Such courses cost taxpayers $2 billion a according to the report.
The grant s are part of the Gates Foundation’s work to help more studentd graduate from college oruniversity programs, an importangt education milestone that the foundation says is essential to earnin g a living wage in today’s economy. The grantsz will support various state andcollege programs, includingv efforts to collect data and betterf track the performance of remedial students. The Development Education Initiative is also being supportewith $1.5 million from the of Indianapolis to pay for evaluatiojn and communications.
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