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Community Colleges: Train People for Jobs that Exist Right Now

We were thrilled that community colleges were a topic of discussion during the first presidential debate. Both President Obama and Governor Romney undersco ...

BY Josh Wyner

Blog Post

10.16.2012
Community Colleges

PBS NewsHour Features Aspen Prize Finalist Walla Walla Community College

This week, the PBS NewsHour ran a feature on Walla Walla Community College, which was just last week named in the Aspen Prize top 10 for the second year ru ...

BY Joshua Wyner

Blog Post

09.12.2012
Community Colleges

Can Do for Community Colleges

This blog post was originally published as an op-ed in Inside Higher Ed on September 6, 2012. To see the original article, please click her ...

BY Josh Wyner

Blog Post

09.06.2012
Community Colleges

Welcome to the College Excellence Blog

For more than 60 years, the US has demonstrated its commitment to expanding access to college. As a result of the GI Bill, Pell Grants, and other f ...

BY Joshua Wyner

Blog Post

05.11.2012
Community Colleges

Publication: 2011 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

Read more about how the Winner and the Finalists with Distinction of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence strive for and achieve exceptional levels of success for all students, while they are in college and after they graduate. Download Publication »

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Publication

12.20.2011
Community Colleges

Announcing the Winner of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

Highlighting the need to improve student learning and graduation rates in community colleges — leading to good jobs — the Aspen Institute College ...

Video

12.14.2011
Community Colleges

Get to know us: Q&A with Josh Wyner

A Q & A with College Excellence Program Executive Director Josh Wyner on the future of the program and what brought this work to the Institute.

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Blog Post

04.20.2011