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For release Wednesday, March 2, 2011
LCC one of 30 colleges selected for Achieving the Dream student success and completion research project
EUGENE, OR - Signifying a strong commitment to student success and completion, Lane Community College is one of 30 community colleges nationwide selected for the Achieving the Dream 2011 cohort. This will support Lane's efforts to improve student success, close achievement gaps, and increase student retention, persistence, and completion rates.
Conceived in 2004 by Lumina Foundation for Education and seven founding partner organizations, Achieving the Dream, and its signature Student-Centered Model of Institutional Improvement, is focused on creating a culture of evidence in which data and inquiry drive broad-based institutional efforts to close achievement gaps and improve student outcomes overall. The Achieving the Dream model is designed to help more students earn postsecondary credentials, including occupational certificates and degrees.
Through Achieving the Dream, Lane will have the opportunity to learn from other Achieving the Dream institutions, and receive assistance from experienced practitioners in building a culture of evidence campuswide, using data to identify problems, setting priorities, and measuring progress toward increasing student success.
"We are excited to join community colleges across the country who share our commitment to student success," said Lane President Mary Spilde. "Access to post secondary education is no longer enough. We need to redouble our efforts to assure that students complete their academic and career goals. We expect to learn a lot as an institution and do an even better job of preparing students for further education, work and life in general."
William Trueheart, president and CEO of Achieving the Dream, said, "Closing achievement gaps and improving student outcomes is extremely difficult work. The ambitious commitment of Lane Community College is commendable. Adding 30 colleges to the Achieving the Dream national reform network means that an additional 300,000 students now have a better chance of earning a certificate or degree, realizing greater economic opportunity, and achieving their dreams."
With these 30 new institutions, Achieving the Dream's network now includes 160 institutions in 30 states and the District of Columbia, serving more than two million students.
The 2011 Achieving the Dream Cohort of Community Colleges:
- Amarillo College (TX)
- Grays Harbor College (WA)
- Northwest Indian College (WA)
- Athens Technical College (GA)
- Jefferson Community & Technical College (KY)
- Passaic County Community College (NJ)
- Bellingham Technical College (WA)
- Lane Community College (OR)
- Pierce College (CA)
- Century College (MN)
- Lorain County Community College (OH)
- Prince George's Community College (MD)
- Clover Park Technical College (WA)
- Los Angeles City College (CA)
- Raritan Valley Community College (NJ)
- Cumberland County College (NJ)
- Los Angeles Harbor College (CA)
- Skagit Valley College (WA)
- East Los Angeles College (CA)
- Los Angeles Mission College (CA)
- Spokane Falls Community College (WA)
- Eastern Maine Community College (ME)
- Los Angeles Trade Technical College (CA)
- The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College (TX)
- Edmonds Community College (WA)
- Los Angeles Valley College (CA)
- West Los Angeles College (CA)
- Everett Community College (WA)
- Lower Columbia College (WA)
- Whatcom Community College (WA)
Achieving the Dream Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count is a national nonprofit that helps more community college students succeed, particularly students of color and low-income students. The organization works on multiple fronts--including efforts on campuses and in research, public engagement and public policy--and emphasizes the use of data to drive change. Launched as an initiative in 2004 with funding provided by Lumina Foundation for Education, Achieving the Dream is built on the belief that broad institutional change, informed by student achievement data, is critical to significantly improving student success rates. Today, Achieving the Dream's network includes 160 institutions in 30 states and the District of Columbia, serving more than two million students. Achieving the Dream continues to work closely with Founding Partners: the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC); the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas-Austin (CCLP); the Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University (CCRC); Jobs for the Future (JFF); MDC; MDRC; and Public Agenda.
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Lane Community College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.
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Media contact: Joan Aschim, PIO, (541) 463-5591, aschimj@lanecc.edu
