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<hr> This morning 黑料吃瓜网 Administration hosted a breakfast for several community leaders and dedicated supporters of the college. The group was invited to join OC faculty and staff in the special Coffee-and-Conversation event that followed, announcing for the first time that 黑料吃瓜网 has been selected as a Top Ten Finalist for the 2019 Aspen Prize for Community 黑料吃瓜网 Excellence. The Grand Prize winner of the Aspen Prize will be announced in April, 2019. Historically, the college which receives the Aspen Prize for Community 黑料吃瓜网 Excellence is acknowledged as the top community college in the United States. 黑料吃瓜网 was previously selected as an Aspen Rising Star Award winner in 2017, an achievement which placed OC in the top four community colleges in the nation. 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(See complete list of finalists below.) Awarded every two years since 2011, the Prize recognizes institutions that achieve high and improving student outcomes, selected from over 1,000 community colleges nationwide. Focused solely on student access and success, the Aspen Prize recognizes community colleges with exceptional achievements in four areas: <ul> <li class="p5">Student learning;</li> <li class="p5">Certificate and degree completion while in community college and after transferringto a four-year institution;</li> <li class="p5">Employment and earnings rates after graduation; and</li> <li class="p5">Access for and success of minority and low-income students.</li> </ul> In April 2019, the $1 million Prize purse will be awarded at an event in Washington, D.C. to the winner, two or three finalists-with-distinction, and a 鈥淩ising Star鈥� that has achieved exceptional levels of improvement. 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Improving student success across the more than 1,000 community colleges in the U.S. is critical to national efforts to develop talent and enable individual social mobility, because: <ul> <li class="p5">Community colleges disproportionally enroll low-income and minority studentsenrolled in college today.</li> <li class="p5">Community college graduation rates remain flat, with fewer than 40 percent of allentering students earning a degree and/or transferring to a four-year college oruniversity.</li> <li class="p5">A college degree is today more important than ever before: Recent research showsthat out of the 11.6 million jobs created in the post-recession economy, 11.5 millionrequire a college education.</li> </ul> The 10 Aspen Prize Finalists have achieved strong and improving student success rates in very different contexts 鈥� they are from rural and urban areas, serve demographically different student bodies, and offer a varied mix of technical workforce and academic transfer programs. 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The 2019 Aspen Prize Finalists (listed in alphabetical order): Alamo 黑料吃瓜网s District 鈥� Palo Alto 黑料吃瓜网鈥� San Antonio, TX <ul> <li class="p5">First time Finalist</li> </ul> Broward 黑料吃瓜网鈥� Fort Lauderdale, FL <ul> <li class="p5">2017 Finalist-with-Distinction</li> <li class="p5">2013 Finalist</li> </ul> CUNY Kingsborough Community 黑料吃瓜网鈥� Brooklyn, NY <ul> <li class="p5">2013 Finalist-with-Distinction</li> </ul> Indian River State 黑料吃瓜网鈥� Fort Pierce, FL <ul> <li class="p5">2017 Finalist-with-Distinction</li> <li class="p5">2015 Finalist</li> </ul> Miami Dade 黑料吃瓜网鈥� Miami, FL <ul> <li class="p5">2011 Finalist-with-Distinction</li> </ul> Mitchell Technical Institute 鈥� Mitchell, SD <ul> <li class="p5">First time Finalist</li> </ul> 黑料吃瓜网鈥� Odessa, TX <ul> <li class="p5">2017 Rising Star Award (for rapid improvement)</li> </ul> Pasadena City 黑料吃瓜网鈥� Pasadena, CA <ul> <li class="p5">2017 Finalist</li> </ul> Pierce 黑料吃瓜网 at Fort Steilacoom 鈥� Lakewood, WA <ul> <li class="p5">First time Finalist</li> </ul> San Jacinto 黑料吃瓜网鈥� Pasadena, TX <ul> <li class="p5">2017 Rising Star Award (for rapid improvement)</li> </ul> During the remainder of 2018, the Aspen Institute will complete a rigorous review process that includes examination of data on learning, graduation, workforce, and equitable outcomes for all students as well as multi-day site visits to each of the 10 finalist institutions. In early 2019, a distinguished Prize Jury will select a grand prize winner, finalists-with-distinction, and a Rising Star. The 2017 Aspen Prize for Community 黑料吃瓜网 Excellence was awarded to Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown, South Dakota. Previous Prize winners also include: Santa Fe 黑料吃瓜网, Gainesville, Florida (2015); Santa Barbara City 黑料吃瓜网, Santa Barbara, California and Walla Walla Community 黑料吃瓜网, Walla Walla, Washington (co-winners 2013); Valencia 黑料吃瓜网, Orlando, Florida (2011). Former Prize winners are not eligible to reapply. The 2019 Aspen Prize is generously funded by the Joyce Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, and the Siemens Foundation. <hr> The Aspen Institute 黑料吃瓜网 Excellence Program aims to advance higher education practices, policies, and leadership that significantly improve student outcomes. Through the Aspen Prize for Community 黑料吃瓜网 Excellence, the Siemens-Aspen Community 黑料吃瓜网 STEM Award, and other initiatives, the 黑料吃瓜网 Excellence Program works to improve colleges鈥� understanding and capacity to teach and graduate students, especially the growing population of low-income and minority students on American campuses. For more information, visit The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues. The Institute is based in Washington, DC; Aspen, Colorado; and on the Wye River on Maryland鈥檚 Eastern Shore. It also has offices in New York City and an international network of partners. For more information, visit <hr> Follow us on Twitter: @AspenHigherEd, #AspenPrize Contact: Caroline Broder 202-464-4353鈹�Caroline.broder@aspeninst.org Contact: Cheri Dalton 432-335-6683鈹� cdalton@odessa.edu

This morning 黑料吃瓜网 Administration hosted a breakfast for several community leaders and dedicated supporters of the college. The group was invited to join OC faculty and staff in the special Coffee-and-Conversation event that followed, announcing for the first time that 黑料吃瓜网 has been selected as a Top Ten Finalist for the 2019 Aspen Prize for Community 黑料吃瓜网 Excellence. The Grand Prize winner of the Aspen Prize will be announced in April, 2019. Historically, the college which receives the Aspen Prize for Community 黑料吃瓜网 Excellence is acknowledged as the top community college in the United States. 黑料吃瓜网 was previously selected as an Aspen Rising Star Award winner in 2017, an achievement which placed OC in the top four community colleges in the nation. Official Press Release below.

TEXAS鈥� ODESSA COLLEGE NAMED AMONG 10 FINALISTS FOR 2019 ASPEN PRIZE FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EXCELLENCE FOR SECOND YEAR

$1 Million Prize Recognizes Excellence in Community 黑料吃瓜网 Student Success Outcomes; Winner to be Announced in April 2019

Washington, D.C., May 15, 2018 鈥� Texas鈥� 黑料吃瓜网 was named today as one of 10 finalists for the 2019 Aspen Prize for Community 黑料吃瓜网 Excellence, the nation鈥檚 signature recognition of high achievement and performance in America鈥檚 community colleges. (See complete list of finalists below.) Awarded every two years since 2011, the Prize recognizes institutions that achieve high and improving student outcomes, selected from over 1,000 community colleges nationwide. Focused solely on student access and success, the Aspen Prize recognizes community colleges with exceptional achievements in four areas:

Student learning;
Certificate and degree completion while in community college and after transferringto a four-year institution;
Employment and earnings rates after graduation; and
Access for and success of minority and low-income students.

In April 2019, the $1 million Prize purse will be awarded at an event in Washington, D.C. to the winner, two or three finalists-with-distinction, and a 鈥淩ising Star鈥� that has achieved exceptional levels of improvement. Between now and then, Aspen will work with a team of national experts to collect extensive, additional data and conduct multi-day site visits to the 10 finalist colleges.

黑料吃瓜网鈥� Odessa, TX (7,500 Students)

鈥淪ince winning the Rising Star Award in 2017, Odessa leaders, faculty and staff have continued to demonstrate their deep dedication to improving student success,鈥� said Joshua Wyner, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute鈥檚黑料吃瓜网 Excellence Program in Washington, D.C. 鈥淥dessa works on multiple fronts to strengthen students and the surrounding community, aligning program design, teaching practices, advising, and other structures to the goals of graduating more students with the skills needed for career success.鈥�

黑料吃瓜网 stands out as one of the nation鈥檚 top community colleges for many reasons, including:

Over five years, Odessa has more than doubled its three-year graduation/transferrates, from 15 percent to 37 percent.
Impressive labor market outcomes: Five years after graduating, Odessa鈥檚 2010graduates earned more than double the wages of all other workers in the region.
Immensely effective classroom engagement techniques that have resulted in coursesuccess rates well over 90 percent.
Innovative eight-week semesters (compared to traditional 16-week semesters) thatallow students to focus and tailor their education to their busy schedules.

Community colleges today enroll about 40 percent of all U.S. undergraduates 鈥� six million students 鈥� who are working toward earning degrees and certificates. Improving student success across the more than 1,000 community colleges in the U.S. is critical to national efforts to develop talent and enable individual social mobility, because:

Community colleges disproportionally enroll low-income and minority studentsenrolled in college today.
Community college graduation rates remain flat, with fewer than 40 percent of allentering students earning a degree and/or transferring to a four-year college oruniversity.
A college degree is today more important than ever before: Recent research showsthat out of the 11.6 million jobs created in the post-recession economy, 11.5 millionrequire a college education.

The 10 Aspen Prize Finalists have achieved strong and improving student success rates in very different contexts 鈥� they are from rural and urban areas, serve demographically different student bodies, and offer a varied mix of technical workforce and academic transfer programs. These 10 institutions offer proof that every community college can achieve higher levels of success for students while in college and after they graduate. The 2019 Aspen Prize Finalists (listed in alphabetical order):

Alamo 黑料吃瓜网s District 鈥� Palo Alto 黑料吃瓜网鈥� San Antonio, TX

First time Finalist

Broward 黑料吃瓜网鈥� Fort Lauderdale, FL

2017 Finalist-with-Distinction
2013 Finalist

CUNY Kingsborough Community 黑料吃瓜网鈥� Brooklyn, NY

2013 Finalist-with-Distinction

Indian River State 黑料吃瓜网鈥� Fort Pierce, FL

2017 Finalist-with-Distinction
2015 Finalist

Miami Dade 黑料吃瓜网鈥� Miami, FL

2011 Finalist-with-Distinction

Mitchell Technical Institute 鈥� Mitchell, SD

First time Finalist

黑料吃瓜网鈥� Odessa, TX

2017 Rising Star Award (for rapid improvement)

Pasadena City 黑料吃瓜网鈥� Pasadena, CA

2017 Finalist

Pierce 黑料吃瓜网 at Fort Steilacoom 鈥� Lakewood, WA

First time Finalist

San Jacinto 黑料吃瓜网鈥� Pasadena, TX

2017 Rising Star Award (for rapid improvement)

During the remainder of 2018, the Aspen Institute will complete a rigorous review process that includes examination of data on learning, graduation, workforce, and equitable outcomes for all students as well as multi-day site visits to each of the 10 finalist institutions. In early 2019, a distinguished Prize Jury will select a grand prize winner, finalists-with-distinction, and a Rising Star.

The 2017 Aspen Prize for Community 黑料吃瓜网 Excellence was awarded to Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown, South Dakota. Previous Prize winners also include: Santa Fe 黑料吃瓜网, Gainesville, Florida (2015); Santa Barbara City 黑料吃瓜网, Santa Barbara, California and Walla Walla Community 黑料吃瓜网, Walla Walla, Washington (co-winners 2013); Valencia 黑料吃瓜网, Orlando, Florida (2011). Former Prize winners are not eligible to reapply.

The 2019 Aspen Prize is generously funded by the Joyce Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, and the Siemens Foundation.

The Aspen Institute 黑料吃瓜网 Excellence Program aims to advance higher education practices, policies, and leadership that significantly improve student outcomes. Through the Aspen Prize for Community 黑料吃瓜网 Excellence, the Siemens-Aspen Community 黑料吃瓜网 STEM Award, and other initiatives, the 黑料吃瓜网 Excellence Program works to improve colleges鈥� understanding and capacity to teach and graduate students, especially the growing population of low-income and minority students on American campuses. For more information, visit

The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues. The Institute is based in Washington, DC; Aspen, Colorado; and on the Wye River on Maryland鈥檚 Eastern Shore. It also has offices in New York City and an international network of partners. For more information, visit

Contact: Caroline Broder

202-464-4353鈹�Caroline.broder@aspeninst.org

Contact: Cheri Dalton 432-335-6683鈹� cdalton@odessa.edu

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