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Rutger's Program Sends 1000 Kids to College...for free
Five years ago, Rutgers University began a grand experiment.
What would happen if the university put nearly 200 low-income kids in an intensive multiyear program to get them ready for college and offered them free tuition to Rutgers if they stuck with it?
The results of the program, called Rutgers Future Scholars, are better than anyone at the university expected. Out of the 183 students who started the program as seventh-graders, 163 are headed to college this fall — including 98 to Rutgers on full scholarships, school officials said.
Nearly all will be among the first in their families to attend college.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/08/experimental_rutgers_program_helps_163_urban_kids_get_to_college.html