Press Release
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Contact: Sandra Fowler-Hill, EvCC Vice President of Instruction and Student Services, 425-388-9216; sfowler-hill@everettcc.edu
Everett Community College Receives $250,000 Achieving the Dream Grant
EVERETT, WA – Everett Community College is joining the national Achieving the Dream project and will receive a $250,000 grant to increase the number of students who stay enrolled and graduate.
EvCC is one of 30 schools nationwide selected for Achieving the Dream in 2011, including nine other schools from Washington state. The funds will be received during the next four years.
“Participating in Achieve the Dream will strengthen Everett Community College’s ongoing efforts to increase student success by using data to identify the most successful practices and identify gaps so we can find strategies to help more students reach their educational goals,” said EvCC President David Beyer.
As an Achieving the Dream institution, EvCC will develop and implement research-based policies and practices based on quantitative and qualitative analyses of its institutional strengths, problem areas and achievement gaps. EvCC has committed to assessing the effectiveness of these policies and practices, institutionalizing the approaches that prove successful, and sharing the findings widely.
Through Achieving the Dream, EvCC will have the opportunity to learn from other Achieving the Dream institutions, and receive assistance from experienced practitioners in building a culture of evidence campus-wide, using data to identify problems, setting priorities, and measuring progress toward increasing student success.
Conceived in 2004 by Lumina Foundation for Education and seven founding partner organizations, Achieving the Dream, and its signature Student-Centered Model of Institutional Improvement, is focused on creating a culture of evidence in which data and inquiry drive broad-based institutional efforts to close achievement gaps and improve student outcomes overall. The Achieving the Dream model is designed to help more students earn postsecondary credentials, including occupational certificates and degrees. With these 30 new institutions, Achieving the Dream’s network now includes 160 institutions in 30 states and the District of Columbia, serving more than two million students.
The 2011 Achieving the Dream Cohort of Community Colleges:
Amarillo College (TX)
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Grays Harbor College (WA)
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Northwest Indian College (WA)
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Athens Technical College (GA)
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Jefferson Community & Technical College (KY)
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Passaic County Community College (NJ)
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Bellingham Technical College (WA)
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Lane Community College (OR)
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Pierce College (CA)
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Century College (MN)
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Lorain County Community College (OH)
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Prince George’s Community College (MD)
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Clover Park Technical College (WA)
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Los Angeles City College (CA)
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Raritan Valley Community College (NJ)
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Cumberland County College (NJ)
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Los Angeles Harbor College (CA)
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Skagit Valley College (WA)
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East Los Angeles College (CA)
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Los Angeles Mission College (CA)
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Spokane Falls Community College (WA)
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Eastern Maine Community College (ME)
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Los Angeles Trade Technical College (CA)
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The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College (TX)
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Edmonds Community College (WA)
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Los Angeles Valley College (CA)
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West Los Angeles College (CA)
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Everett Community College (WA)
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Lower Columbia College (WA)
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Whatcom Community College (WA)
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Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count is a national nonprofit that helps more community college students succeed, particularly students of color and low-income students. The organization works on multiple fronts - including efforts on campuses and in research, public engagement and public policy - and emphasizes the use of data to drive change. Launched as an initiative in 2004 with funding provided by Lumina Foundation for Education, Achieving the Dream is built on the belief that broad institutional change, informed by student achievement data, is critical to significantly improving student success rates. Today, Achieving the Dream’s network includes 160 institutions in 30 states and the District of Columbia, serving more than two million students. Achieving the Dream continues to work closely with Founding Partners: the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC); the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas-Austin (CCLP); the Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University (CCRC); Jobs for the Future (JFF); MDC; MDRC; and Public Agenda.
Everett Community College
Everett Community College educates more than 20,000 students every year at seven learning centers throughout Snohomish County, with most students and faculty at the main campus in north Everett. Students come to EvCC to affordably start their four-year degrees, earn certificates, train for a new job, experience hands-on training in professional and technical programs, learn English, develop basic skills, finish high school, train for a promotion, or to learn just for fun. EvCC is also the home of the University Center of North Puget Sound, which offers more than 25 bachelor’s and master’s degree programs. For more information, visit www.everettcc.edu
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