Missouri will receive a $500,000 competitive grant to help more state residents complete their associate degrees from community colleges, Gov. Jay Nixon announced Friday.
In a news release, the governor said the grant from the Lumina Foundation supports his goal of increasing the percentage of working-age Missourians with post-secondary degrees from 35 percent to 60 percent by 2020.
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