Robert Mendenhall

July 8, 2009Gates Foundation Awards $1.2 Million to Study Effectiveness of Online Degree Program for Low-Income Students

July 7, 2009 — Today, Western Governors University, one of the nation's leading online colleges, announced a $1.2 million investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to examine how its flexible, competency-based degree programs can help improve the nation's low graduation rates among low-income and minority students ages 18-26.

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