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Campus bets that the cheapest dropout is the one who stays
An online college backed by tech investors is putting money into the decidedly human business of finishing school. Its wager: live professors, persistent coaches and fewer financial surprises can make an associate degree worth starting.
Mission College
Mission College is a public community college in Santa Clara, in the heart of Silicon Valley, part of the West Valley-Mission Community College District. Founded in 1975, it offers associate degrees, university-transfer pathways, career and technical certificates, ESL and noncredit courses to a diverse, largely working-adult student body. Through its Mission Promise program it offers free tuition to district residents and wraps students in support services - food, childcare, mental-health counseling and more - to remove the barriers that keep people from finishing.