November 24, 2009 in Idaho

Gift to be used to entice Idaho students to college

Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review

Tags: Alberston Foundation Idaho education funding

BOISE – The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation announced Monday that it’ll put up to $20 million into a big new push to get Idaho kids to seek higher education after high school.

That’s a goal that was put front and center by Gov. Butch Otter and a new Education Alliance last week as they unveiled a long-term strategy for education in Idaho, but that alliance’s new strategy lacked any funding.

“Idaho’s going-to-college rate is quite low,” said Jamie MacMillan, executive director of the Albertson Foundation, which participated in the Education Alliance. “What’s at risk really is that …

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