Implement, Evaluate & Improve

Based on research conducted by the Community College Research Center Teachers College, Columbia University, this report describes how El Paso Community College collaborated with the University of Texas at El Paso and 12 local independent school districts in the El Paso area to develop and bring to scale an improved process for helping high school students prepare for entry into college.

• Early Interventions Reduce Developmental Education Enrollments: El Paso Community College, El Paso, Texas

Achieving the Dream colleges engage in a process of institutional improvement to increase student success. A central component of this process is engaging internal and external stakeholders to help develop and implement interventions or changes in programs and services that improve student success. To determine whether these interventions do indeed improve student outcomes, and what changes and refinements should be made to produce further improvements, colleges need to evaluate their interventions

This guide is Achieving the Dream’s most comprehensive overview of the signature framework for helping more students finish the courses they start, persist from one term to the next, and earn a certificate or associate degree. The Field Guide includes an in-depth overview of Achieving the Dream’s four principles and five-step process, case studies, and a readiness assessment for prospective colleges to determine how their policies are practices measure up.