Colleges and Nonprofits Join White House Effort on Access to Higher Education

Scores of colleges, nonprofit organizations, and foundations have pledged material support to an Obama administration project that aims to put hundreds of thousands of low-income students on the path to earning degrees, The Chronicle of Higher Education writes.

Some 140 entities attending a White House higher-education summit Thursday have made commitments to provide scholarships, counseling, and other programs and services designed to increase the pool of needy young people preparing for college, connect students to the institution that’s right for them, and boost graduation rates.

Gene Sperling, director of the president’s National Economic Council, said the college-opportunity summit reflects “how critical this issue is to the cause of increasing economic mobility in our country.”