Ohio, colleges awarded $4M in Gates grants - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The foundation’s Development Education Initiativwawarded $16.5 million to Ohio, Florida, Texas and Virginia, as well as community colleged in each state. A community college in North Carolinaw alsoreceived funding. The initiative seeks to support programes that help students enrolled in remedialprogramsa — so-called refresher courses for students who are not up to grad e level in a given The goal is to improv e classroom performance so students can go on to take advancede courses and eventually graduate with a degred or certificate.
The state of Ohio was awarded $300,000 over a three-yead period to develop a new performance-based fundingh system that rewards community collegezs for helping students complete remedialand college-levell courses. The foundation also said it’s awardingv $743,000 over three years to each of the following fiveOhio , , , and . The grants will suppory various state and college including efforts to collect data and better track the performance ofremedial students, the foundatioj said. Click for a look at awarde recipients nationwide.