AACC is the primary advocacy organization for the nation's community colleges. The Association represents more than 1,100 associate degree-granting institutions and more than 11 million students, and works to build a nation of learners by advancing America's community colleges. As a Founding Partner to Achieving the Dream, AACC helps recruit and select participating colleges; co-hosts D.R.E.A.M. - Achieving the Dream's Annual Meeting on Student Success; co-leads the national policy work; spreads lessons from Achieving the Dream and strengthens the commitment and capacity of community colleges to increase student success; housed the originalAchieving the Dream website; and continues to establish web-based data tools.