Bill Gates is determined to keep low-income students in school

The U.S. has a dropout problem, and Bill Gates isn't having it. 

In a blog post published last week, the Microsoft co-founder referred to America's 45.2 percent college dropout rate as "tragic." 

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Bill Gates is, of course, a college dropout himself, having left Harvard to found Microsoft in 1975. But rather than chastise those like himself, he says that he aims to focus on low-income, first-generation, and minority students, and the barriers they face at their colleges. 

"Without more graduates, our country will face a shortage of skilled workers and fewer low-income families will get the opportunity to lift themselves out of poverty," Gates wrote. "That's why I'm constantly on the lookout for colleges and universities that somehow defy these odds."  Read more...

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