Initiative Announcements

September 2009

Field Guide for Improving Student Success

September/October 2009: Late Stop-Outs

2010 Strategy Institute Call for Workshop Proposals NOW OPEN ! 

July 2009

July/August 2009 Data Notes: Academic Outcomes of High Risk Students

June 2009 

Twenty Community Colleges in Seven States Join National Student Success Initiative 

Setting Up Success In Developmental Education: How State Policy Can Help Community Colleges Improve Student Outcomes 

May 2009

Spring 2009 State Policy Newsletter features lessons from Achieving the Dream for federal efforts to improve college completion rates

State Updates from all 15 states 

May/June 2009: Characteristics of Students Who Stop Out

April 2009

March 2009

National Student Success Initiative Honors Valencia Community College 

February 2009

Winter 2009 State Policy Newsletter features a Q&A with Dr. Donald Berwick and recent state developments

January 2009

January/February 2009 Data Notes: Transfer Students

State Policy Update News from Washington

November 2008

November/December 2008 Data Notes: Outcome Differences by Developmental Status and Gender

October 2008

October 2008 State Policy Newsletter features an update on transfer and articulation policies in Achieving the Dream States as well as a summary of Achieving the Dream 2008–09 State Work Plans

State Policy Update News from Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and South Carolina 

September 2008

September/October 2008 Data Notes: Students Earning Zero Credits

August 2008

New Achieving the Dream Policy Briefs: It's Not About the Cut Score & Test Drive: Six States Pilot Better Ways to Measure and Compare Community College Performance 

July 2008

July/Aug 2008 Data Notes: Developmental Education: Completion Status and Outcomes

May 2008

May/June 2008 Data Notes: Population Characteristics and Student Outcomes 

April 2008

April 2008 State Policy Newsletter features take-aways from the winter 2008 State Policy Meeting 

Assessing and Improving Student Outcomes: What We Are Learning at Miami Dade College 

March 2008

Using Longitudinal Data to Increase Community College Student Success: A Guide to Measuring Milestone and Momentum Point Attainment 

Assessing and Improving Student Outcomes: What We Are Learning at Miami Dade College 

March/April 2008 Data Notes: Outcome Differences Across Age Groups 

February 2008

Achieving the Dream 2008 Strategy Institute Highlights 

State Policy Priorities, Accomplishments, and Plans, 2007-08 Program Year 

Achieving the Dream 2008 Strategy Institute - Agenda Update 

January 2008

January 2008 Policy Newsletter features a summary of trends for the 2007-2008 State Action Plans

January/February 2008: Minority Males : Race/Ethnicity, Gender and Student Outcomes

November 2007 

November/December 2007 issue of Data Notes: Enrollment Status and Student Outcomes

October 2007 Policy Newsletter features a description of the updated state policy framework

Power Tools: Designing State Community College Data and Performance Measurement Systems to Increase Student Success  

September 2007

Accelerating Remedial Math Education Policy Brief: How Institutional Innovation and State Policy Interact

September/October 2007 Data Notes: Cohort Composition Changes

August 2007

Dream Achievers: Community College Week Spotlights Achieving the Dream

July 2007

July 2007 Policy Newsletter Focuses on Developmental Education Data from Achieving the Dream Colleges and State Policy Developments

June 2007

Achieving the Dream Expands to Michigan

Arkansas and Massachusetts colleges join Achieving the Dream  

The Boston Globe spotlights Achieving the Dream in Massachusetts

May 2007

Institutional Research and the Culture of Evidence at Community Colleges

May/June 2007 issue of Data Notes looks at who receives aid, how much they receive and how financial aid relates to persistence

April 2007

State Policies to Enhance Access to and Success in Community Colleges across the United States

Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, will add 24 new colleges in eight states

State Workplans: Summary of Priorities for 2006-2007

April 2007 Policy Newsletter features a summary of this year’s top policy priorities and an interview with Nancy Shulock about her recent publication

March 2007

Update: State Policies Regarding In-state Tuition for Undocumented Students

Lumina Foundation renews commitment to Achieving the Dream

January 2007

Jan 2007 Policy Newsletter focuses on priorities and successes of state policy teams and issues relating to accreditation

January/February 2007 issue of Data Notes compares terminal-major, transfer-seeking and undeclared students   

November 2006

New York Times report on philanthropic interest in community colleges mentions Achieving the Dream

State Policy Audits for Connecticut & Ohio now available

November/December issue of Data Notes examines student completion rates of developmental and college-level math

October 2006

Call for New Funding Partners and Demonstration Sites (Request for Proposals): Lumina Foundation for Education seeks to add additional colleges and states to the demonstration phase of the Achieving the Dream initiative

September/October issue of Data Notes indicates that the depth of students' developmental needs varies by race/ethnicity and relates to success

July 2006

July/August issue of Data Notes examines the importance of students' completing developmental education classes, one of the initiative's pathways to increase student success

News Release: Initiative to Help Community College Students Succeed Expands to Pennsylvania and Washington State, Adds More Schools in Texas

June 2006

June issue of Policy Newsletter examines college readiness, particularly strategies that address alignment and collaboration

May 2006

CCRC study explores community college policies and practices that promote student success

May issue of Data Notes examines the Pell Grant program as an indicator for Achieving the Dream

View the Achieving the Dream webcast; includes orientation for colleges joining the initiative

April 2006

April issue of Data Notes examines student outcomes in gatekeeper courses

Richard Kazis testifies on using student outcome data to improve retention

March 2006

A Call to Action...View list of Achieving the Dream events at the AACC Annual Convention

Winter 2006 Lumina Foundation Focus magazine devoted to community colleges, with several articles on Achieving the Dream

Data Notes, newsletter on student outcomes at Achieving the Dream colleges; March issue informs on Credits, Persistence and Attainment

The March issue of Achieving the Dream's State Policy Newsletter reports on efforts to improve state data systems and more

State Policy Audit now available; includes case studies of 1st five Achieving the Dream states and survey of all 50 states

February 2006                                                            

Increasing student success hot issue at 2006 Strategy Institute; download session handouts and other materials

Data Notes, a monthly newsletter focusing on student outcomes at the Achieving the Dream colleges; 1st issue Developmental Math

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