Western Governors University to Study How Online Programs Can Boost College Completion Rates for Low-Income Students

Source: redorbit.com Posted By: Hilmer J...5646 days ago

Today, Western Governors University (WGU) www.wgu.edu, one of the nation's leading online colleges, announced a $1.2 million investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to examine how its flexible, competency-based degree programs can help improve the nation's low graduation rates among low-income and minority students ages 18-26.


In today's economy, a college degree is a prerequisite for economic success. Yet where the United States was once first in the world in postsecondary completion....

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