Achieving the Dream
Project Title
As a final grant for the Healthcare Pathways Professional Learning Community
Date
Sep. 11, 2025
Duration
12 months
Description
Community colleges must continue to find ways to be nimble in response to their students’ needs. These institutions provide post-secondary education, social services, professional development for individuals transitioning careers, employment, and human capital for the local workforce. Successful community colleges understand this challenge and center their students’ experience toward completion and economic mobility. For over sixteen years, Achieving the Dream (ATD) has provided colleges with tools, services, and supports to meet the ever-changing demand and help community colleges increase economic outcomes for low-income students. With Corporation support, ATD partnered with four Texas-based community colleges to develop and strengthen pre-healthcare pathways for students aspiring to enter the sector. ATD facilitated professional learning communities with college teams to strengthen these pathways by making them more accessible, aligning them to preexisting dual enrollment programs, and creating awareness of these pathways. With a final grant from the Corporation, ATD will continue working with these community colleges to focus on sustaining their pathways.
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Project Title
For project support for Healthcare Pathways Professional Learning Community
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Community colleges must continue to find ways to be nimble in response to their students’ needs. They provide social services, professional development for individuals transitioning careers, post-secondary education, employment, policy advocacy, and human capital development for the local workforce. Successful colleges understand this challenge and center their students’ experience toward completion and economic mobility. Achieving the Dream (ATD) has provided colleges with tools, services, and support for the past sixteen years to meet the ever-changing demand and help community colleges increase outcomes for low-income students and close achievement gaps. With continued Corporation support, ATD will support and strengthen nursing pathways via regional professional learning communities working to bridge the gaps between teaching professionals in the K-12 space, faculty in the community college space, and local labor leadership.
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For continued project support to strengthen the pipeline between K-12, community colleges, and local employers through cross-sector professional learning for educators
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
16 months
Description
Community colleges must continue to find ways to be nimble in response to their students’ needs. These institutions provide social services, professional development for individuals transitioning careers, post-secondary education, employment, policy advocacy, and human capital development for the local workforce. Successful colleges that understand this challenge center their students’ experience towards completion and economic mobility. For the past sixteen years, Achieving the Dream (ATD) has provided colleges with tools, services, and support to meet the ever-changing demand and role in the community and help community colleges increase outcomes for low-income students and close achievement gaps. With continued Corporation support, ATD will create a regional professional learning community to bridge the gaps between teaching professionals in the K-12 space, adjunct and full-time faculty in the community college space, and local labor leadership.
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For a project to strengthen the pipeline between K-12 and community colleges, and local employers through cross-sector professional learning for educators
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
27 months
Description
Community colleges must continue to find ways to be nimble in response to their students’ needs. Community Colleges provide social services, professional development for individuals transitioning careers, post-secondary education, employment, policy advocacy as well as developing human capital for the local workforce. Successful colleges who understand this challenge center their students’ experience towards completion and economic mobility. For the past fifteenyears, Achieving the Dream (ATD) has provided tools, services, and supports for colleges to meet the ever-changing demand and role in the community and to help community colleges increase outcomes for low-income students and close achievement gaps.