The College of Coastal Georgia is set to receive $150,000 in funding from the Complete College Georgia Initiative announced by governor Nathan Deal, according to a recent report by the Florida Times-Union.
Along with Coastal Georgia, Georgia Gwinnett College and two other technical institutions will receive extra funds in the next 18 months to pilot programs to improve their graduation rates, the report stated. Institutions that achieve higher graduation rates will also receive more funding, according to Deal.
College officials may want to use some of their funds to equip their students and classrooms with high-end technology, such as interactive whiteboards, classroom projectors, tablets and computers.
"Less than 25 percent of students who enter two-year colleges in Georgia graduate, and just 44 percent of the four-year students get degrees within six years," said the Florida Times-Union's Terry Dickson.
By 2018, more than 60 percent of jobs in Georgia will require some form of college education, added Dickson.
"It's not a lot of money, but it will help with technology and supplemental instruction," Coastal Georgia President Valerie Hepburn told the Florida Times-Union.
