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Lake Area Technical Institute Wins Aspen Prize

The Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence is the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and improvement among community colleges.

BY Nicole Corea

Blog Post

03.14.2017
Community Colleges

2017 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

The Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence honors those institutions that strive for and achieve exceptional levels of success for all students, while they are in college and after they graduate.

BY College Excellence Program

Publication

03.14.2017
Community Colleges

Ten Community Colleges That Are Leading the Way

The finalists for the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence showcase innovation in higher education.

BY College Excellence Program

Blog Post

03.08.2017
Community Colleges

Highlighting STEM Education at Community Colleges

This year's Siemens Technical Scholars are leading the way in a changing economy.

BY David Etzwiler

Blog Post

02.28.2017
Community Colleges

Using Labor Market Data to Improve Student Success

Community Colleges have a unique opportunity to help students acquire the skills they need to land good jobs with strong wages. One strategy that can help ...

BY College Excellence Program

Publication

09.08.2016
Community Colleges

What Excellent Community Colleges Do: Preparing All Students for Success

In What Excellent Community Colleges Do, Vice President Josh Wyner draws on the insights and evidence gained in administering the inaugural Aspen Prize for ...

BY Josh Wyner

Publication

09.08.2016
Community Colleges

Structural Equity: Big-Picture Thinking

Community colleges play a vital role in creating a more equitable society through educational opportunity. The most effective community colleges—those that not only enroll but graduate large numbers of students from underserved communities—have worked hard to fundamentally reform internal structures and operations so that the education and supports students receive are aligned with student success goals.

BY College Excellence Program

Publication

06.22.2016
Community Colleges

Transfer Playbook

The report provides concrete examples of essential college transfer strategies as well as a checklist of “How to Get Started.”

BY College Excellence Program

Publication

05.17.2016
Community Colleges

Tracking Transfer

Recommending a comprehensive set of five measures as a new way to track which institutions are effective in serving transfer students and which states have a robust transfer pipeline from community colleges to four-year schools.

BY Community College Research Center at Columbia University, & 1 more

Publication

01.15.2016
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