Gates Gives $12M to Four Cities to Boost College Completion

New York City; San Francisco; Mesa, Ariz.; and Riverside, Calif., will receive $3 million each in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for programs to improve college graduation rates.

The money will flow in over the next three years and be used to align academic standards between high school and college, strengthen data systems, implement early assessment and college prep strategies, and create support systems to help boost college completion rates in the four cities.