LBCC Joins Achieving the Dream National Reform Network
Signifying a strong commitment to student success and completion, Linn-Benton Community College is one of 25 institutions selected to join the Achieving the Dream National Reform Network . LBCC will begin immediately to identify strategies to close achievement gaps and increase student retention, persistence, and completion rates. Achieving the Dream is the nation’s most comprehensive non-governmental reform network for student success in higher education history. “We want all of our students to finish what they start,” said LBCC President Greg Hamann . “Our purpose is to build the economic and cultural life of our community by preparing our graduates to be contributors. Achieving the Dream will guide us to find what’s working – or not – and let us improve the ways we support our students’ completion and preparation to give back to the community.” As an Achieving the Dream institution, LBCC will develop and implement research-based policies and practices based on quantitativ...