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million to 15 community colleges and five states in an efforty to help struggling studentscomplete college. The Development Educatiob Initiative will award the fundingto Florida, Ohio, Texas and Virginia, as well as community collegeds in each state plus one more in North No colleges or programs in Washington statee will receive funding under the program. For a completes list of recipients, . The first announced in December oflast year, will be awarderd to and distributed by , a North Carolina-based “They wanted us to identify programs and policies that are already beingg tried and had promise,” said Richard Hart, spokesman for MDC.
The initiativd seeks to support programd that help students enrolled in remedialprograms — so-calledx refresher courses for students who are not up to grad e level in a givemn subject. The goal is to improve classroom performance so students can go on to take advancedr courses and eventually graduatw with a degreeor certificate. A cited by the Gatee Foundation found that nearly 60 percent of studentsx enrolling inthe nation’s community collegesd must take remedial courses. Such coursese cost taxpayers $2 billion a according to the report.
The grantds are part of the Gates Foundation’es work to help more students graduate from collegw oruniversity programs, an important education milestoned that the foundation says is essentialo to earning a living wage in today’s The grants will support variouz state and college programs, including efforts to collectt data and better track the performance of remedia students. The Development Education Initiative is also beint supportedwith $1.5 millionn from the of Indianapolis to pay for evaluatiom and communications.