SAY YES TO EDUCATION AND U.S. SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE 11 NEW COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PARTNERS COMMITTED TO TUITION AID FOR URBAN STUDENTS

Say Yes also announces a $4.5 million grant from the Wallace Foundation to Support Efforts in BuffaloWASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 18, 2013 -- Say Yes to Education Inc., a national nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing high school and college graduation rates for students in urban school districts, announced today that 11 additional private colleges and universities have joined the organization’s Higher Education Compact, which offers free tuition to eligible students.  The announcement was made on Wednesday at a media event on Capitol Hill by George Weiss, the money manager who