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Temple College’s Quality Enhancement Plan, Exponential Success, targets student success in Mathematics. Our student success priority is a key component of the Achieving the Dream initiative. Temple College’s plan to enhance student success is built on developing and sustaining a culture of evidence whereby we will use data to identify effective practices, improve student success rates, and close achievement gaps.

The overall goal of both Achieving the Dream and Exponential Success is to help more students earn degrees, complete certificates, or transfer to other institutions! Too many students leave community colleges without earning a certificate or degree, or without transferring to continue their studies. Consequently, they risk losing the opportunity to earn a livable wage. When students complete courses and earn credentials, however, they can improve their own lives, which ultimately benefits the nation.

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Americans value opportunity. Community colleges provide it. They enroll almost half of all undergraduates in the country, providing the education that leads to greater economic opportunity and improved quality of life.

SUCCESS is what counts
Achieving the Dream was created to help more community college students succeed - complete courses, earn certificates and earn degrees. The initiative is built on the belief that broad institutional change - informed by student achievement data - is crucial to achieve this result. This report summarizes the Achieving the Dream initiative, particularly detailing how the initiative is designed to meet the needs of community college characteristics and challenges.

Press Release - Success is more than a dream at TC – June 23, 2009

National Website - Achieving the Dream

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