Achieving the Dream

Joshua Williams, M.S., ATD’s new associate director of holistic student supports, explores how institutions can build ecosystems of care that foster trust, dignity, and student success.

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Still DREAMing: 2025 Scholars share their updates - Achieving the Dream

Catch up with five of the inspiring 2025 DREAM Scholars to hear how their experiences at DREAM continue to shape their paths and their impact as leaders!

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New report | Creating the AI-Enabled Community College: A Road Map for Using Generative AI To Accelerate Student Success

This report from the ATD AI for All Task Force outlines the challenges and opportunities that generative AI presents for comm colleges.

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Our K-College Institute lunch session features ATD's Stephanie Davolos & Anthony Perez, Program Manager for the Dual Enrollment Survey of Student Engagement (DESSE), discussing how colleges can use DESSE to evaluate & improve programs for dual enrolled students.
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What are K-College Institute attendees looking forward to learning while they’re in Denver?

Katrina Brooks, Assistant Director of Gateway to College at Metropolitan Community College, is excited to learn more about other GtC programs, specifically long-term success and sustainability strategies!

We’re starting the last day of our K-College Institute with a panel discussion focused on dual enrollment’s past, present, and future!

Learn more about ATD’s dual enrollment work: achievingthedream.org/areas-of-exp...

Our lunch session today at the K-College Institute features ATD’s Nick Mathern and Alex Perry discussing the policy landscape shaping early college and dual enrollment.

Ready to advance your dual enrollment learning? Check out ATD’s Dual Enrollment Workshops: achievingthedream.org/service/dual...

We’re starting our 2nd day of the K-College Institute with Dr. Karen Stout & Dr. Sonya Christian, California Community Colleges Chancellor, discussing using dual enrollment to build thriving communities.

Learn about ATD’s Community Vibrancy framework: achievingthedream.org/innovation/c...

Our 1st day of the 2025 K-College Institute continues w/ an interactive workshop focusing on strengthening dual enrollment through the lens of access & purpose led by Community College Research Center!
Learn about CCRC’s Dual Enrollment Equity Pathways framework: ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/publications...

ATD is in Denver for our 2025 K-College Institute! We’re kicking off the institute with a Gateway to College Network meeting focused on envisioning the next 20 years of the Gateway to College Network. #ATDToday

Learn more about ATD’s Gateway to College work: achievingthedream.org/gateway-to-c...

Explore how colleges are using data to strengthen student outcomes, build relevant programs, and advance economic mobility in the communities they serve at ATD’s 11th Annual Data & Analytics Summit in College Park, MD, Sept 17–19.

Learn more and register: achievingthedream.org/datasummit2025

Have you read the July issue of Network Connection, ATD's newsletter? Learn about the latest from ATD and news from Network colleges across the country!

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Explore how colleges are using data to strengthen student outcomes, build relevant programs, and advance economic mobility in the communities they serve at ATD’s 11th Annual Data & Analytics Summit, Using Data To Power Community Vibrancy!
Learn more and register: achievingthedream.org/datasummit2025

Teams from nine new community colleges are in Charlotte, North Carolina for Achieving the Dream’s 2025 Kickoff Institute. Learn from the presidents of these nine colleges why they’re joining the ATD Network.

Learn more about the 2025 Kickoff Institute: achievingthedream.org/new-network-...

Teams from nine new community colleges are in Charlotte, North Carolina for Achieving the Dream’s 2025 Kickoff Institute. Learn from the presidents of these nine colleges why they’re joining the ATD Network.

Learn more about the 2025 Kickoff Institute: achievingthedream.org/new-network-...

Teams from nine new community colleges are in Charlotte, North Carolina for Achieving the Dream’s 2025 Kickoff Institute. Learn from the presidents of these nine colleges why they’re joining the ATD Network.

Learn more about the 2025 Kickoff Institute: achievingthedream.org/new-network-...

Teams from nine new community colleges are in Charlotte, North Carolina for Achieving the Dream’s 2025 Kickoff Institute. Learn from the presidents of these nine colleges why they’re joining the ATD Network.

Learn more about the 2025 Kickoff Institute: achievingthedream.org/new-network-...

Teams from nine new community colleges are in Charlotte, North Carolina for Achieving the Dream’s 2025 Kickoff Institute. Learn from the presidents of these nine colleges why they’re joining the ATD Network.

Learn more about the 2025 Kickoff Institute: achievingthedream.org/new-network-...

Teams from nine new community colleges are in Charlotte, North Carolina for Achieving the Dream’s 2025 Kickoff Institute. Learn from the presidents of these nine colleges why they’re joining the ATD Network.

Learn more about the 2025 Kickoff Institute: achievingthedream.org/new-network-...

Teams from nine new community colleges are in Charlotte, North Carolina for Achieving the Dream’s 2025 Kickoff Institute. Learn from the presidents of these nine colleges why they’re joining the ATD Network.

Learn more about the 2025 Kickoff Institute: achievingthedream.org/new-network-...

Teams from nine new community colleges are in Charlotte, North Carolina for Achieving the Dream’s 2025 Kickoff Institute. Learn from the presidents of these nine colleges why they’re joining the ATD Network.

Learn more about the 2025 Kickoff Institute: achievingthedream.org/new-network-...

Teams from nine new community colleges are in Charlotte, North Carolina for Achieving the Dream’s 2025 Kickoff Institute. Learn from the presidents of these nine colleges why they’re joining the ATD Network.

Learn more about the 2025 Kickoff Institute: achievingthedream.org/new-network-...

ATD’s Community Vibrancy Framework is a roadmap for community college sustainability, a pathway for ensuring relevance with value, and a redefining moment for the student success movement.

Delve deeper into the work of individual colleges in the CV Cohort by reading their college-specific profiles.

Have you read the June issue of Network Connection, ATD's newsletter? Learn about the latest from ATD and news from Network colleges across the country!

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Fresh ideas from the 2025 DREAM Fellows - Achieving the Dream

After attending DREAM 2025, this group of doctoral students developed proposals for educational programs or policies aimed at improving access, momentum, mobility, or community vitality at community colleges.

Read about their innovative ideas: achievingthedream.org/fresh-ideas-...

New ATD board member and president of Lorain County Community College Dr. Marcia Ballinger shares how student-centered design and bold partnerships are transforming outcomes at her college — and shaping what’s possible for others.

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YouTube video by Achieving the Dream I Am Poem - 2025 DREAM Scholar Destinee Britto

“This program embodies values that I hold close to my heart: leadership, service, resilience, and the drive to make a positive impact.”

Our DREAM Scholars inspire us! Watch Destinee’s “I Am” poem: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rch_...

In partnership with the Advising Success Network, ATD has released 3 population-specific supplemental guides designed to complement the Knowing Our Students: Understanding & Designing for Success guide.

Learn more: achievingthedream.org/innovation/k...

ACE, Others Call on Trump Administration to Reforge Compact with Higher Education Today, more than 50 higher education organizations have come together in a statement that expresses broad opposition to recent actions by the administration that jeopardize the longstanding partnersh...

ATD is proud to stand with the @aceducation.bsky.social and fellow higher education leaders in calling for a reimagined partnership between the federal government and higher education — one that supports student success and fuels innovation.

Read more: www.acenet.edu/News-Room/Pa...

Have you read the May issue of Network Connection, ATD's newsletter? Learn about the latest from ATD and news from Network colleges across the country!

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