LBCC Joins Achieving the Dream National Reform Network
Signifying a strong commitment to
student success and completion, Linn-Benton Community College is one of 25
institutions selected to join the Achieving the Dream National Reform Network.
LBCC will begin immediately to identify
strategies to close achievement gaps and increase student retention,
persistence, and completion rates. Achieving the Dream is the nation’s most
comprehensive non-governmental reform network for student success in higher
education history.
“We want all of our students to finish what they start,”
said LBCC President Greg Hamann. “Our purpose is to build the economic and
cultural life of our community by preparing our graduates to be contributors.
Achieving the Dream will guide us to find what’s working – or not – and let us
improve the ways we support our students’ completion and preparation to give
back to the community.”
As an Achieving the Dream institution, LBCC will develop and
implement research-based policies and practices based on quantitative and
qualitative analyses of its institutional strengths, problem areas, and
achievement gaps.
LBCC is committed to assessing the effectiveness of
these policies and practices, institutionalizing the approaches that prove
successful, and sharing the findings widely.
Through this network, LBCC will have the opportunity to
learn from other Achieving the Dream institutions, and receive assistance from
experienced practitioners in building a culture of evidence campus-wide, using
data to identify problems, setting priorities, and measuring progress toward
increasing student success.
“The work of closing achievement gaps
and improving student success is extremely difficult and critically important,”
said Beverly Fletcher, senior director of Organizational Development and Change
for Achieving the Dream. “Being an Achieving the Dream Institution takes
courage, discipline, and a tenacious institution-wide commitment to student
success and equity. LBCC should be applauded for helping tackle one of
society’s most daunting challenges: success for more college students.”
Achieving the Dream is a national
nonprofit leading the nation’s most comprehensive non-governmental reform
network for student success in higher education history. The Achieving the
Dream National Reform Network, including nearly 200 institutions, more than 100
coaches and advisors, and 15 state policy teams - working throughout 32 states
and the District of Columbia - helps 3.75 million community college students
have a better chance of realizing greater economic opportunity and achieving
their dreams.
The Achieving the Dream 2012 Cohort
Wallace State Community College
(Hanceville, AL)
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