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A high school education is not enough to compete in today’s global economy. Yet by age 30 most Americans have not earned a college degree or certificate. Our Postsecondary Success Strategy aims to dramatically increase the number of young adults who complete their postsecondary education, setting them up for success in the workplace and in life.

Learn more below and visit the program page for more details about our work in this area.

Have You Thanked A Teacher Today?

May 08, 2012 / Vicki Phillips

We all have stories about teachers who touched our lives or our children’s lives—let’s let our teachers know how much they mean to us.

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Hacking Education

May 02, 2012 / Melissa Milburn

Ever wonder what higher education might be like for our kids and our grandkids?

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You Got Into College, Now How Will You Pay for It?

April 06, 2012 / Luke Allpress, Nicole Guenther, Temneet Sahle

So many high school students have the desire to go to college, but worry they don’t have the funding. At the Dream Project, we’re making the college dream a reality for thousands of students.

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University Partnerships Tackle Low College Success Rates

April 05, 2012 / Chris Broughton

The academic, social, and economic challenges facing low-income high school graduates in their transition to and through college remain formidable and well documented.

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Hot Data: Bringing College Statistics to Life

March 05, 2012 / Dan Green

Today, The Chronicle of Higher Education has launched a new interactive tool that for the first time makes accessible the most recent data for college completion rates across the United States.

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  • "Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward." —Melinda Gates

  • "The world faces a clear choice. If we invest relatively small amounts, many more poor farmers will be able to feed their families." —Bill Gates, 2012 Annual Letter

  • "When it come to global health, Bill and I are optimists—but we're impatient optimists. Tremendous progress is being made. But there is still so much we're impatient to see done." —Melinda French Gates

  • The Global Fund has helped to deliver more than 190 million bed nets to protect families from malaria.

  • In Senegal, 80% of households now have a bed net, helping the number of malaria cases there drop 50% in a single year.

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