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Monday, June 22, 2009

New Era in U.S.-India Relationship

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Gates Foundation announced $16.5 million in grants to boost comm. college graduation rates

Today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and MDC, Inc. announced $16.5 million in grants to 15 community colleges and five states to expand groundbreaking remedial education programs that experts say are key to dramatically boosting the college completion rates of low-income students and students of color.

A recent report from Jobs for the Future found that that nearly 60 percent of students enrolling in the nation’s community colleges must take remedial classes to build their basic academic skills. For low-income students and students of color, the figure topped 90 percent at some colleges. Remedial classes cost taxpayers more than $2 billion a year, money that is mostly wasted as few students even complete the classes, let alone continue on to graduate.

The grants announced today will fund the Developmental Education Initiative, which will build upon the most promising programs developed through Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, a multi-year national initiative to boost graduation rates at community colleges, particularly among low-income students and students of color. The remedial education models developed by the 15 community colleges receiving these grants represent some of the most promising work in the country aimed at boosting college completion rates among struggling students.

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Monday, June 15, 2009

Swearing-in of Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues

Secretary Clinton swears in Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer.

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Hillary at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks prior to her meeting with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom at the State Department.

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2009 World Food Prize Announcement Ceremony

Secretary Clinton delivers the keynote address at 2009 World Food Prize Announcement Ceremony in the Benjamin Franklin Room.

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Hillary in Pictures

Secretary Clinton At the Foreign Press Center

Secretary Clinton With Latvian President Valdis Zatlers

Secretary Clinton at the Council of the Americas

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You Can Text Your Disaster Relief Donation for Pakistan

Hillary "Now, Americans can use technology to help, as well. Using your cell phones, Americans can text the word 'swat' -- to the number 20222 and make a $5 contribution that will help the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees provide tents, clothing, food, and medicine to hundreds of thousands of affected people. And before I came over here, we did that in the State Department. So we are making some of the first donations to this fund."

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