Goal

Achieving the Dream's Goal: Success for more of the nation’s 6.7 million community college students, especially students of color and low-income students.

Success is defined by the rates at which students:

• Successfully complete remedial or developmental instruction and advance to credit-bearing courses
• Enroll in and successfully complete the initial college-level or gateway courses in subjects such as math and English
• Complete the courses they take with a grade of "C" or better
• Persistence from one term to the next
• Earn a certificate or associate degree

Achieving the Dream, the nation’s most comprehensive community college reform network including more than 150 colleges has been and will continue to make considerable contributions significantly toward the nation’s goal of increasing the number of Americans with a college certificate or degree with marketplace value within the next decade.