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Dayton gets $250,000 grant to improve college graduation rates
Dayton is one of seven cities to receive a grant to help boost college graduation rates by improving coordination among colleges, schools and cities.
The $250,000 grant was announced on Monday, Nov. 9, by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the National League of Cities.
The grant is part of a National League of Cities initiative to help officials explore ways in which they can work together to streamline services to low-income adults attending community colleges.
Sinclair Community College will lead the local effort in collaboration with the City of Dayton, Montgomery County and Dayton Public Schools.
“Preparing and connecting our young adults to living wage careers is key to their future success, and to the sustainability and health of the Dayton community,” said Dayton Mayor Rhine McLin in a media release.
The grants will support nine-month collaborative planning efforts in each of the seven cities.
The Gates Foundation will consider investing additional money next year to support the implementation and expansion of the most promising ideas that result from this planning.
The Dayton planning team will use the grant to strengthen partnerships, services, education, training and data systems to assist low-income people ages 16-26 earn post-secondary degrees and certificates, according to Sinclair officials.
“Dayton’s selection in the Communities Learning in Partnership grant program is a clear endorsement of our ability to collaborate,” said Steven Lee Johnson, Sinclair president.
The other cities selected for the grant program are Jacksonville, Fla.; Mesa, Ariz.; New York City; Phoenix, Ariz.; Riverside, Calif.; and San Francisco.
Sinclair in June was announced as one of five institutions to share in more than $4 million in grants from the Gates Foundation to expand remedial education programs that promise to boost graduation rates.
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By Leon Harrison
November 10, 2009 4:38 PM | Link to this
What? Haven’t they dumbed down the dumbass classes for the functionally-illiterate masses enough and got rid of practicle profitable useful subjects that are too tough? Do they have to lower the passing test sccores even more? Do they have to be sweet to get students to compete?