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million to 15 community colleges and five statez in an effort to help strugglinv studentscomplete college. The Developmenyt Education Initiative will award the fundingto Florida, Ohio, Texas and Virginia, as well as communit colleges in each state plus one more in Nortg Carolina. No colleges or programzs in Washington state will receive funding undeerthe program. For a complete list of . The funding, first announced in December of last will be awarded to and distributedby , a Nortnh Carolina-based nonprofit. “They wanted us to identify initiatives, programws and policies that are already being triedc andhad promise,” said Richard Hart, spokesman for MDC.
The initiativer seeks to support programs that help studentsw enrolled in remedialprograms — so-called refresher courses for students who are not up to grads level in a given subject. The goal is to improve classroom performance so students can go on to take advanced coursesw and eventually graduate with a degredor certificate. A cited by the Gatews Foundation found that nearly 60 percent of students enrollinf inthe nation’s community colleges must take remedial Such courses cost taxpayers $2 billion a year, accordintg to the report.
The grants are part of the Gates Foundation’xs work to help more student graduate from college oruniversityt programs, an important education milestone that the foundationb says is essential to earning a livingv wage in today’s The grants will support various state and college including efforts to collect data and betterr track the performance of remedial students. The Developmenf Education Initiative is also beinb supportedwith $1.5 million from the of Indianapolis to pay for evaluationb and communications.