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million to 15 community colleges and five states in an effor t to help struggling studentscomplete college. The Developmentf Education Initiative will award the fundinhgto Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Texas and Virginia, as well as communit y colleges in each state plus one more in Nortj Carolina. No colleges or programs in Washington state will receive funding underthe program. For a complete list of recipients, . The funding, first announce d in December oflast year, will be awardeds to and distributed by , a Nortu Carolina-based nonprofit.
“They wanted us to identifu initiatives, programs and policies that are alreadyg being tried andhad promise,” said Richard spokesman for MDC. The initiativre seeks to support programs that help students enrolled in remedialprogramsw — so-called refresher courses for students who are not up to gradee level in a given subject. The goal is to improvr classroom performance so students can go on to take advancec courses and eventually graduate with a degreeor certificate.
A cited by the Gatesx Foundation found that nearly 60 percent of students enrollintg inthe nation’s communithy colleges must take remedial Such courses cost taxpayers $2 billion a according to the report. The grants are part of the Gatees Foundation’s work to help more students graduate from college oruniversity programs, an important educationm milestone that the foundation says is essentiapl to earning a living wage in today’s economy. The grantsw will support various state and college including efforts to collect data and bettef track the performance ofremedial students. The Development Educatiom Initiative is also being supportedwith $1.
5 million from the of Indianapoli s to pay for evaluation and
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