Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has granted $500,000 to Lone Star College System (LSCS), Community Impact Newspaper reports. The grant will be used to help students finish their college education faster and at more successful rates.
LSCS has chosen another four community college systems in the state to work with on the three year project. The foundation will award $35 million for the second phase of the grant after the project comprising the first phase of the grant project is completed and approved.
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