Achieving the Dream

Help Lead the Discussion on Dual Enrollment Pathways at ATD’s K–College Institute! Achieving the Dream (ATD) is requesting session proposals for the 2025 K–College Institute, Strengthening Pathways Through Dual Enrollment, to be held July 23–25, 2025, in Denver, Colorado. Submit a proposal by April 11 to be part of the conversation at ATD’s K–College Institute! https://lnkd.in/e2r484_H

Meet Destinee Britto, one of just eight students nationwide named a 2025 DREAM Scholar by Achieving the Dream! Destinee is passionate about advocating for others and shaping a more inclusive future. https://lnkd.in/eH4f5Q3X

This is an excellent example of an Achieving the Dream college and coach in action using our Institutional Capacity Assessment Tool results and our capacity cafe approach to bring many voices into informing the City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College’s approach to improving student belonging and success. Thank you Lenore Rodicio.

Fifteen ATD Network colleges are using and helping refine ATD’s new transformational framework designed to connect access and credential attainment to economic mobility and community vibrancy. The ATD Community Vibrancy Framework is based on the belief that community colleges must think bigger and act urgently to address systemic inequities — at their institutions and in the communities they serve. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g_GwVQTF

In my work at Achieving the Dream, I've come to understand just how important our nation's community colleges are to our economy and the social ties that ensure that our communities thrive for everyone. That understanding was reinforced in multiple ways in Barnstable, MA at Cape Cod Community College, the host college for Friday's New England Workforce Now #NEWN conference. I arrived early on Thursday, to get some work done in the cafeteria before our planning committee started conference setup. At noon about 150 high school students from across the Cape with "Hope Squad" and their high school names on their sweatshirts arrived for box lunches, spending the day on campus to build their skills as trusted classmates working to support students in crisis. On Friday, the NEWN event took place in the college's new Science and Engineering Center, a space designed to inspire students to earn credentials and degrees in Aviation and Nautical Maintenance Technology, two of the largest industries on the Cape, driving the economy and supporting tourism. A fitting location for a conference that hit all the marks - passionate leaders, inspiring stories from the field, and terrific networking with New England's community college workforce professionals and their partners. https://lnkd.in/eEAZq9rg

How can online college courses better support student motivation, engagement, and help-seeking behaviors?     Join the Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative on Thursday, April 3 from 3-4pm ET for a webinar on student experiences in online courses and evidence-based strategies to address common challenges. Researchers, students, and faculty will discuss how self-directed learning can promote student success.     This webinar will share key findings from interviews with students at eight colleges and introduce practical strategies instructors can use to enhance support in online learning.    Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/g-mSd2uf

So wonderful to get to participate in an Achieving the Dream meeting with Karen Stout today to hear her thoughtful feedback on how to continue to improve student success at Harford Community College . And thrilled to receive kudos for the great work our English program is doing!

At DREAM 2025, I had the privilege of moderating a remarkable plenary discussion, AI in the Classroom: Revolutionizing Teaching, Learning, and Student Success. As AI continues to touch all of our lives, via seemingly infinite avenues, community college leaders are taking responsibility for ensuring that no one is left behind. Even more, the brilliant panelists Ethan Mollick, Karen Colbert and Julio Stanly Flores revealed that AI might actually provide the leverage necessary to catapult our most challenged students into opportunities that otherwise seemed unattainable - if we appropriately embrace the moment. I was honored to moderate this panel’s inspiring viewpoints, and support DREAM 2025. Congratulations to ATD CEO Karen Stout and the entire DREAM team on a powerful week of engagement! Achieving the Dream Strategos Group Harvard Kennedy School Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School YPO Council on Foreign Relations

Today, ATD's Paula Talley and Michael Buccilli, Ed.D., MSW are at the NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education 2025 Annual Conference discussing leadership in student affairs! Learn more about ATD's Holistic Student Supports work: https://lnkd.in/d6x5GEgi

Discover how our innovative faculty and staff are driving student success with data-driven changes! See the stats and read more from Achieving the Dream https://ow.ly/1xzS50VbPn0 #ATD #datadrivenresults #stats #chattstate