AT&T Announces Dropout Prevention Effort 

By Teresa VonFuchs, WirelessWeek, April 18, 2008 

AT&T announced a plan to donate $100 million over four years to programs aimed at boosting high-school graduation rates. Called AT&T Aspire, the program includes grants to schools and non-profit organizations, job shadowing for 100,000 students nationwide and the underwriting of national research exploring the drop out rate.