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The Greater Texas Foundation is making it possible for additional Texas community colleges to join Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count by providing a significant portion of the selected colleges' participation costs over two years. Up to $150,000 per institution will be available to bring an additional five Texas community colleges into Achieving the Dream during the 2009-2011 period. All community colleges in Texas, not already part of Achieving the Dream, are eligible. The RFP is due February 27, 2009. Click here for further information - January 2009

Promising Instructional Reforms in Developmental Education -December 2008

Lumina’s Focus Magazine Covers Developmental Education and Achieving the Dream’s Role -December 1, 2008

Introducing the Leah Meyer Austin Institutional Student Success Leadership Award -December 1, 2008

Registration for the Strategy Institute is NOW OPEN! -December 1, 2008

Generational Gains in Postsecondary Education Have Stalled, Report Finds - October 10, 2008

"Jumpstart on College and Careers: Dual Enrollment Research, Policies, and Effective Practice" (An American Youth Policy Forum and National Center for Postsecondary Research Lunchtime Forum and Discussion) - September 2008

Student Aid Policy Recommendations Receive Broad Press Coverage (September 2008)

"Student Success Courses in the Community College: An Exploratory Study of Student Perspectives" (September 2008)

Footage from the National Community College Symposium is Now Available Online

Developmental Education Toolkit (A Webinar Sponsored by the Bridges to Opportunity Initiative)

Questioning the Value of Remedial Education

Federal Report Documents Volatility of Community College Students' Plans

Noncredit Enrollment in Workforce Education: State Policies and Community College Practices