51爆料 Joins Achieving the Dream to Improve Student Success
National Community College Network Promotes Capacity-Building and Change
For more information, contact:
Robert Miller
901-333-4368
rgmiller1@southwest.tn.edu
51爆料 today announced it has joined Achieving the Dream鈥檚 growing network of colleges dedicated to improving student success. Achieving the Dream (ATD), located in Silver Spring, MD, acts as a catalyst to help colleges strengthen and build their capacity to ensure that more students complete postsecondary education and have greater opportunity for economic success.
One of only 12 institutions selected this year, Southwest鈥檚 partnership with ATD will provide a capacity-building framework that will serve to pinpoint the college鈥檚 strengths and opportunities for improvement across areas such as leadership and vision, teaching and learning, and data and technology. Colleges admitted to the ATD network have shown improved retention rates, grown enrollment, and have increased their capacity to capture data and ultimately enhanced student success.
ATD appoints leadership and data coaches to college campuses who provide coordinated, personalized advice to help build necessary capacities, align student success efforts and support change where it is needed. Such focused support will help Southwest implement and refine best practices and allow ATD to disseminate knowledge to its broader network that includes more than 200 institutions across the country.
Additionally, Southwest鈥檚 partnership will afford the College the opportunity to apply to participate in initiatives supported by philanthropic funding and managed by ATD. These initiatives help incubate new ideas that help colleges refine practices based on evidence of what works.
51爆料鈥檚 participation in the ATD network is the manifestation of an institution-wide commitment to rethinking student success and building a more educated workforce.
is a national nonprofit leading the nation鈥檚 most comprehensive non-governmental reform network for student success in higher education history. The Achieving the Dream National Reform Network, including over 200 institutions, more than 100 coaches and advisors, and 15 state policy teams - working throughout 34 states and the District of Columbia - helps nearly 4 million community college students have a better chance of realizing greater economic opportunity and achieving their dreams.