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million to 15 community collegea and five states in an effort to help strugglinfg studentscomplete college. The Development Education Initiativse will award the fundingto Florida, Ohio, Texas and Virginia, as well as community collegesx in each state plus one more in Nortu Carolina. No colleges or programsa in Washington state will receive funding undedthe program. For a complete list of . The funding, first announced in Decemberf oflast year, will be awardeds to and distributed by , a North Carolina-based nonprofit. “They wanted us to identify initiatives, programs and policies that are already beingy tried andhad promise,” said Richardf Hart, spokesman for MDC.
The initiative seekx to support programs that help students enrolled in remedialprograms — so-called refreshetr courses for students who are not up to grade level in a given subject. The goal is to improve classroom performance so students can go on to take advancesd courses and eventually graduate with a degreseor certificate. A cited by the Gates Foundation founr that nearly 60 percent of students enrolling inthe nation’s community colleges must take remedialk courses. Such courses cost taxpayerw $2 billion a according to the report.
The grantx are part of the Gates Foundation’s work to help more studentse graduate from college oruniversity programs, an important educationj milestone that the foundation says is essential to earning a livin g wage in today’s economy. The grants will support variousw state andcollege programs, including efforts to collecy data and better track the performanced of remedial students. The Development Education Initiative is also being supportefdwith $1.
5 million from the of Indianapolis to pay for evaluation and
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