One Philanthropist's Approach To Helping The Students Of Rural America

Since 2001, 250 low- or modest-income Lenfest Scholars have started college. All but two have graduated or are on track to do so. More than 50 have attended Ivy League institutions and earned advanced degrees. Nationally, only 21 percent of graduates of low-income rural high schools who go on to college graduate in six years. This Pennsylvania-based program is an enormous success--and an important one. It's a remarkable example for other philanthropists: To believe in the young, invest in them, ...