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17 states to fight dismal college completion rates – Complete College America

Idaho More than a dozen states have formed an alliance to battle dismal college completion rates and figure out how to get more students to follow through and earn their diplomas.

Stan Jones, Indiana’s former commissioner for higher education, is leading the effort with about $12 million in startup money from several national nonprofits including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

About one in every two Americans who start college never finish, said Jones, who founded Complete College America http://www.completecollege.org/ , a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, last year.

By JESSIE L. BONNER – Associated Press Writer

Full Story: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/03/02/1318741/17-states-to-fight-dismal-college.html

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