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Aspen Institute names PBSC as a Top 150 U.S. Community College eligible for the 2025 Aspen Prize

The Aspen Institute has named Palm Beach State College as one of the 150 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance among two-year colleges. The institutions selected for this honor stand out among more than 1,000 community colleges nationwide as having high and improving levels of student success as well as equitable outcomes for Black and Hispanic students and those from lower-income backgrounds. … Continue reading Aspen Institute names PBSC as a Top 150 U.S. Community College eligible for the 2025 Aspen Prize

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Coleman-Ferrell selected for the Aspen Institute’s Rising Presidents Fellowship

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program announced Aug. 22 that Tunjarnika L. Coleman-Ferrell, Ed.D., vice president of academic affairs at Palm Beach State College, is one of 31 leaders selected for the 2022-23 class of the Aspen Rising Presidents Fellowship. This program, delivered in collaboration with the Stanford Educational Leadership Initiative, prepares the next generation of community college presidents to transform institutions to achieve higher and more equitable levels of student success.
Many sitting community college presidents plan to retire in the next decade, … Continue reading Coleman-Ferrell selected for the Aspen Institute’s Rising Presidents Fellowship

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PBSC named a top 150 U.S. Community College

Palm Beach State College was named today as one of the 150 community colleges eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance among America’s community colleges.
The colleges were picked by the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program from a pool of nearly 1,000 public two-year colleges using publicly available data that showed strong and improving student outcomes in learning, completion rates, … Continue reading PBSC named a top 150 U.S. Community College

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Palm Beach State eligible to compete for $1 million Aspen Prize for excellence

Palm Beach State College has once again made the Aspen Institute’s list of the top 150 community colleges in the nation because of its record of student success.
Making the list means that the College is eligible to compete for the coveted $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. Only the top 150 out of the nation’s more than 1,000 community colleges qualify for the list each year, and PBSC has been on the list each year since the Aspen Institute began the award. … Continue reading Palm Beach State eligible to compete for $1 million Aspen Prize for excellence

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PBSC makes Aspen Institute list of top 150 community colleges in nation

Palm Beach State College has been named one of the top 150 community colleges in the country by the Aspen Institute.
The Washington, D.C.-based educational and policy studies organization on Thursday released its list of top community colleges based on exceptional levels of student success. Only the colleges that make the list are eligible to compete for the prestigious 2015 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence worth $1 million.
The Aspen Institute reviews publicly available data to determine which community colleges around the country demonstrate student success in three areas: student persistence, … Continue reading PBSC makes Aspen Institute list of top 150 community colleges in nation

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