Building a Culture of Evidence for Community College Student Success: Early Progress in the Achieving the Dream Initiative

Contributing Organization(s): MDRC


Author(s)/Creator(s): Thomas Brock; Davis Jenkins; Todd Ellwein; Jennifer Miller; Susan Gooden; Kasey Martin; Casey MacGregor; Michael Pih

Publishing Date: 2007-05-01

Issue Areas: Education and Literacy

Ownership/Rights Info: Copyright 2007 by MDRC and the Community College Research Center.

Achieving the Dream is a multiyear, national initiative, launched by Lumina Foundation for Education, to help community college students stay in school and succeed. The 82 participating colleges commit to collecting and analyzing data to improve student outcomes, particularly for low-income students and students of color. This baseline report describes the early progress that the first 27 colleges have made after just one year of implementation.

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Intended Audience: Advocates; College/University Professors; Legislators/Legislative Aids; Policy Professionals; Researchers

Type/Format: Survey

Language code: English

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