What is Achieving the Dream?

Achieving the Dream works on multiple fronts, including efforts by participating colleges, public policy work and outreach to communities, businesses and the public. It emphasizes the use of data to drive change. The initiative includes 14 national partner organizations, 84 community colleges in 15 states and many dedicated individuals.

At the Fall 2007 Convocation, NOVA President, Dr. Robert G. Templin, Jr. introduced the Achieving the Dream initiative as a tool that the College will use to implement NOVA's Strategic Vision 2015: Gateway to the American Dream. Student success is one of the fundamental goals of our Strategic Vision. Achieving the Dream is a national initiative designed to help community colleges increase the success of their students by identifying and closing achievement gaps.

• NOVA's Strategic Vision 2015: Gateway to the American Dream
• NOVA’s Implementation Proposal
• A Culture of Evidence: What Is It? Do We Have One?
• VCCS Achieving the Dream
• National Achieving the Dream