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 What is Achieving the Dream?

    Achieving the Dream:  Community Colleges Count is a multiyear national initiative to help more community college students succeed. The initiative is particularly concerned about student groups that traditionally have faced significant barriers to success, including students of color and low-income students. Achieving the Dream works on multiple fronts, including efforts at community colleges and in research, public engagement and public policy. It emphasizes the use of data to drive change.Community colleges enroll almost half of all U.S. undergraduate students, and the American public appreciates their commitment to providing broad access. But access alone isn’t enough. Currently fewer than half of community college students meet their educational goals. Achieving the Dream is working to help more students earn certificates or degrees that open the door to better jobs, further education, and greater opportunity.

 Overview

    Achieving the Dream is a multiyear national initiative to help more community college students succeed. The initiative is particularly concerned about student groups that traditionally have faced significant barriers to success, including students of color and low-income students.Too many students leave community colleges without earning a certificate or degree, or without transferring to continue their studies.Consequently, they risk losing the opportunity to earn a livable wage. When students complete courses and earn credentials, however, they can improve their own lives, which ultimately benefits the nation.

 Focus on Success Newsletter

Focus on Success is a quarterly newsletter that reports on BBCC’s involvement in the Achieving the Dream (AtD) initiative. This newsletter provides information on BBCC’s progress toward AtD goals through reporting of student data. For more information on Focus on Success or Achieving the Dream, please call the BBCC Institutional Research & Planning office at 509.793.2390.

 Achieving the Dream Focus Group Summaries

 Achieving the Dream Related News Stories

 CCSSE Survey Results