Turning the Tide: Five Years of Achieving the Dream in Community Colleges

In 2004, the Lumina Foundation for Education launched “Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count,” a national initiative aimed at improving success among community college students, especially low-income students and students of color. From the Annie E. Casey Foundation, this report examines the outcomes at the first 26 colleges that have joined the initiative, although there are currently 130 institutes in 24 States who are a part of the initiative. The report describes how the initiative has influenced the colleges and provides an overview of the strategies that have been implemented across the country.