Can Gates Foundation's Millions Remake Higher Education? - Students - The Chronicle of ... - 1 views
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Another Gates grantee, Highline Community College, in Washington, created different tracks for students planning to major in math-heavy fields and for all the others. Highline is one of 29 colleges in Washington that got Gates money as part of a $5.3-million grant given to the Washington State Board for Technical and Community Colleges.
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"All are focusing, to varying degrees, on learning communities as a way to improve remedial education. The idea is that the linked courses create peer-support networks, build greater cohesion in the curriculum, and enable students to earn some college credits along with precollege work."
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One aspect of the Gates Foundation's massive move into higher education. The particular aspect quoted may raise memories for some of us...