On Monday, the Obama administration awarded $$2.6 millionm to colleges, universities, and community groups to work on projects to boost college completion. Undersecretary Ted Mitchell announced that nine of the seventeen grants were given to minority-serving institutions, and he noted that whilst higher education has served many students well, too many students, mostly those from low-income and minority backgrounds, "have been left behind by institutions that cost too much, weren't structured to support their success, or didn't have the resources to serve them."
On Monday, the Obama administration awarded $60m to colleges, universities, and community groups to work on projects to boost college completion. Undersecretary Ted Mitchell announced that nine of the seventeen grants were given to minority-serving institutions, and he noted that whilst higher education has served many students well, too many students, mostly those from low-income and minority backgrounds, "have been left behind by institutions that cost too much, weren't structured to support their success, or didn't have the resources to serve them."