November 21, 2008
Gates Fund Creates Plan for College Completion
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans to spend several hundred million dollars over the next five years to double the number of low-income young people who complete a college degree or certificate program by age 26. Foundation officials described the ambitious plan to an exclusive group of education leaders who gathered here last week to offer comments on it.
The foundation hopes to hit its goal by 2025. If successful, the new postsecondary program would help an additional
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