Breaking News

• At-risk students flourish in college atmosphere, California Educator (May 2007) more information
• Gateway to College: High school students get a second chance, PCC Kaleidoscope, (Summer 2007) more information
• NPR story mentions Gateway to College -- States raise dropout rate to 18 (3/20/07) more information
• Community College of Philadelphia's program for dropouts is Gateway to success (2/27/07)   more information
• Monroe Community College in full flower (2/25/07)   more information
• Massasoit selected to help drop outs (2/16/07) more information
• Gateway's first class at Tri-County gets second chance (2/17/07)   download PDF
• Gateway director at San Antonio College gets to work on drop-out problem (2/16/07)
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• PCC's Gateway to College rewarded with additional $3 million from Gates Foundation (1/22/07)   more information

Recent headlines

2006

• Gateway to College at Montgomery College helps students find success outside of high school (12/21/2006)    more information
• Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY was selected to address the needs of drop-out students (11/16/06)    more information
• San Antonio College in San Antonio, TX was selected to offer Gateway to College, the nationally recognized dropout recovery program (11/10/06)   more information
• Massasoit Community College in Brockton, Massachusetts was selected to offer Gateway to College to at-risk and dropout youth. (11/21/06)  more information
• "Back to Her Roots" (Summer 2006)    Gateway to College Student Leah Gibson heads to South Dakota as she searches for her ancestry and studies indigenous people
• NPR showcases Gateway to College - Helping Dropouts Break the Cycle of Poverty(3/29/06)   more information
• Washington Post highlights Gateway to College (2/26/06)   more information

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News archives

• Tri-County Technical College in Pendleton, SC was selected to address the needs of drop-out students (10/16/05)   more information
• Mt. Wachusett Community College in Gardner, MA was chosen to implement Gateway to College, a dropout recovery program. (10/21/05)   more information
• Community College of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania was selected as a replication site for Gateway to College (11/05)
• College of The Albemarle in Elizabeth City, NC was selected to offer Gateway to College, the nationally recognized dropout recovery program (11/17/05)   more information
• "A Model for High Schools" by David Broder (2/24/05)
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• "Unconventional Wisdom" by Betsy Hammond, The Sunday Oregonian (1/25/05)

2004 - PCC selects three sites as part of a national replication project

• Palo Alto College in San Antonio, Texas selected in second round to replicate Portland Community College's innovative dropout recovery program (10/8/04)
• Clackamas Community College in Oregon City selected to replicate successful program to serve high school drop-outs or those on the verge (11/15/04)  more information
• Georgia Perimeter College in Decatur, Georgia selected to implement nationally recognized education model
PCC celebrates Gateway to College replication kick-off (01/04)
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• Grant from Gates Foundation opens more doors to college
  PCC now able to fund startup of 17 schools nationwide. (12/04)
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2003 - PCC selects two sites as part of a national replication project

• Riverside Community College selected as one of two colleges nationwide to replicate successful program serving high school dropouts (11/03)  more information
• Montgomery College selected to replicate successful Portland, Oregon program to serve high school drop-outs or those on the verge (11/03) more information
• PCC's drop out recovery program recognized as PCC receives Gates Grant (03/03)   more information