The Montana University System and Higher Education Leaders from Across U.S. Announce New Initiative to Expand College Access and Increase Success for Low-Income and Minority Students

As national concern escalates about America’s global competitiveness, leaders from public college and university systems throughout the U.S. today announced a new national initiative to increase the number of college-educated Americans and ensure that graduates include far more young people from low-income and minority families.

Participants in the Access to Success initiative, a project of the National Association of System Heads (NASH), are stepping into the vanguard of higher education by publicly pursuing aggressive goals aimed at improving student outcomes and closing by at least half the gaps in both college-going and degree completion that separate low-income and minority students from others.

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