For the second consecutive year, Southeast Community College has been named by the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program as one of the top 120 community colleges in the nation.
SCC, ranked in the top 10 percent of all community colleges in the United States, has accepted Aspen’s challenge to compete for the $1 million fund for the 2013 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.
The Aspen Institute identified the 120 community colleges using a quantitative formula that assesses performance and improvement in four areas: graduation rates, degrees awarded, student retention rates, and equity in student outcomes. SCC and the other 119 colleges will now compete for the prestigious honor following a year-long research process into how well their students learn, complete degrees, and get jobs with competitive wages after graduating. A full list of the 120 community colleges is available at www.aspenprize.org.
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