Press release here:
Signifying a commitment to student success and institutional improvement, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College has joined Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count. A-B Tech joins 25 other community colleges from around the country in becoming members of Achieving the Dream and identifying new strategies to improve student success, close achievement gaps and increase retention, persistence, and completion rates.
Conceived in 2004 by Lumina Foundation for Education and seven national partner organizations, Achieving the Dream is focused on creating a “culture of evidence” on community college campuses in which data collection and analysis drive efforts to identify problems that prevent students from succeeding—particularly low-income students and students of color—and develop programs to help them stay in school and receive a certificate or diploma. With these new institutions, Achieving the Dream’s network now includes more than 130 institutions in 24 states and the District of Columbia, reaching more than one million students.
Thanks to loyal reader Mona for sending along this information.