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Achieving The Dream
Home | Upcoming Events | Meetings | Research | ContactsAchieving the Dream (AtD) is a five-year 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 minority and low-income students and students who begin in developmental education rather than college level courses.
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.
Currently, nine states and 58 community colleges are participating. Each of Florida’s four Achieving the Dream colleges, Broward, Hillsborough, Tallahassee, and Valencia. Each chose improving the success of developmental education students as the focus of their implementation of the AtD grant. More specifically, the four AtD institutions are working on improving student outcomes in College Preparatory courses and increasing retention and graduation rates.
For more information about Achieving the Dream’s national effort, please visit http://www.achievingthedream.org.
For information regarding our Spring Connections conference including the speaker presentations and student data discussed at the May 2009 Conference, please visit http://www.fldoe.org/cc/connections.