Five years ago, Rutgers University began a grand experiment.
What would happen if the university put nearly 200 low-income kids in an intensive multiyear program to get them ready for college and offered them free tuition to Rutgers if they stuck with it?
The results of the program, called Rutgers Future Scholars, are better than anyone at the university expected.
(READ the story from the Star-Ledger via NJ.com)