Knowledge Development

In service to educators and the community college sector at large, we conduct and make available original research on success strategies and meaningful metrics. 

• Community colleges, policy-makers and higher education researchers have meaningful data to benchmark colleges’ performance based on student outcomes.
• Community college administrators will recognize the value of data-driven decision making and will have tools to help them analyze student outcomes at their institutions.
• Colleges, policy-makers and funders will have access to better research on institutional policies and practices that improve student outcomes.
• Colleges, policy-makers and funders will understand Achieving the Dream's institutional change process and its applicability to other colleges.