Valencia College in Orlando, Fla., named top community college
Dec 13, 2011 10:38 AM
News release: The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program has chosen Valencia College in Orlando, Fla., as the nation’s top community college.
FROM SEPTEMBER 2011....News release: The Aspen
Institute's College Excellence Program has announced the 10 community
colleges selected
as finalists for the first annual Aspen Prize for Community College
Excellence. The finalist selections were based on exceptional and
improving completion rates, and labor-market and learning outcomes
The original pool of 1,200 community colleges was pared to 120 in
April. The winner of the prize and up to three runners-up will share
a $1 million award.
The finalists: Lake Area Technical
Institute, Watertown, S.D.; Miami Dade College, Miami,
Fla.; Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston,
Miss.; Mott Community College, Flint, Mich.; Northeast Iowa
Community College-Calmar, Calmar, Iowa; Santa Barbara City
College, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Southwest Texas Junior
College, Uvalde, Texas; Valencia College, Orlando, Fla.;
Walla Walla Community College, Walla Walla, Wash.; and West
Kentucky Community and Technical College, Paducah, Ky.
