Graduation Program Helps Make College a Realistic Goal

Preston Smith and Christi Williams walked across the stage to the cheers of family, friends and teachers.

Their graduation from Mesa’s first GED-to-MCC group moved them a step closer to successful college completion.

The program, sponsored by Mesa Counts on College with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is among the many strategies under development to boost the number of college graduates in our community from the baseline of 29 percent.

Graduation program helps make college a realistic goal.pdf

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Source: 
Arizona Republic
Publication Date: 
Thursday, June 13, 2013