by ANYA KAMENETZ, NPR
The U.S. Education Department will make Pell Grants available to 10,000 high school students who are enrolled in courses at 44 colleges. It’s an ambitious experiment aimed at closing the attainment gap between rich and poor students in higher education. The Obama administration wants to give students a head start on college. The new program will allow high school students in 23 states to access up to $20 million in federal money to pay for a semester of college credit. Four out of five of the chosen sites are community colleges. The institutions have proposed programs that offer not just academics, but supports like advising and counseling, plus a “clear pathway” onward to a degree.
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from Educational Technology http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/?p=15950
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