雷士被提名为著名的2025年阿斯彭奖的决赛选手

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WASHINGTON D.C., June 11, 2024 – The Aspen Institute named 西北维斯塔学院 as a finalist for the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence on June 11. The $1 million award is the nation's signature recognition of strong performance among community colleges. 获得这一荣誉的机构在超过1家机构中脱颖而出,000 community colleges nationwide as having high and improving levels of student success, 以及为低收入背景的学生提供公平的结果.

“进入全国排名前十的社区大学是一项令人难以置信的成就, 而这仅仅是个开始. 西北维斯塔学院 is committed to continuous improvement and proving the best possible education to our students and their families,西北维斯塔学院院长Dr. Amy Bosley.

每两年颁发一次, the Aspen Prize honors colleges with outstanding performance in six critical areas: teaching and learning, 证书和学位完成, 转学及本科学历, workforce success, 广泛接触学院及其提供的课程, and equitable outcomes for students of color and students from low-income backgrounds. 获奖者将于2025年春天公布. NVC是德克萨斯州仅有的两所入围的社区学院之一. 德克萨斯州的另一所大学是休斯顿地区的圣哈辛托学院.

The 澳门新葡京博彩区 has a legacy of being recognized by the Aspen Institute. 这是连续第四次了, 西北维斯塔学院 received an invitation to compete at the national level for this prestigious award. 圣安东尼奥学院在2021年获得了令人垂涎的阿斯彭奖, while Palo Alto College was awarded a Rising Star in the 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.

Josh Wyner, 阿斯彭研究所大学卓越项目的执行主任, 他指出，阿斯彭奖的入围者不仅值得全国认可, 但它们也需要被研究，并复制它们的成功.

“Working-class Americans are experiencing an economy that seems to be stacked against them, while employers are struggling to find well-prepared workers in fields such as teaching, nursing, 软件开发, welding, 先进制造业,” Wyner said. “The 10 Aspen Prize finalists demonstrate how community colleges serving urban and rural communities throughout the country can prepare many more graduates for fulfilling lives and careers in their communities. 他们表明，在任何情况下都可以达到卓越.”

The Aspen Prize selection process began in the summer of 2023 when Aspen analyzed data on 1,在一些关键领域，如保留率等，改善了1000所社区大学, completion, and transfer. In October, 根据数据显示，阿斯彭邀请了150所社区大学申请, improving, 以及公平的学生成功水平. The 118 submitted applications went to a selection committee of 18 higher education experts who assessed each application based on extensive data and narrative answers to questions. 以下是对获得最高分的申请人的领导团队的面试, 今年5月，20名半决赛选手被选出并公布. 委员会继续审查，并将范围缩小到10个决赛选手.

接下来的步骤包括:

• 2024年秋季:对10个决赛入围者进行为期数天的实地考察, during which the Aspen Institute and partners will collect additional information and data, including extensive employment and earnings data on graduates from the finalist colleges.
  
  
• 冬季2025:一个杰出的, independent Aspen Prize jury will review data and qualitative summaries that synthesize each part of the 14-month analyses, 然后用一整天的时间选出获胜者和其他获得额外认可的人.
  
  
• April 17 2025: Announcement of the Aspen Prize winner and celebration of the 10 finalists in Washington DC.

The full list of this year's finalists and past winners can be found on the Aspen Prize webpage here: http://highered.aspeninstitute.org/aspen-prize/.

The Aspen Prize is generously funded by Ascendium, the Joyce Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, and the Kresge Foundation.

Note: Colleges that have won the Aspen Prize are not eligible to apply in subsequent years

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The Aspen Institute is a global nonprofit organization whose purpose is to ignite human potential to build understanding and create new possibilities for a better world. Founded in 1949, 研究所通过对话推动变革, leadership, 以及帮助解决社会最大挑战的行动. 总部设在华盛顿, 在阿斯彭有一个校区, Colorado, 以及一个国际合作伙伴网络. 欲了解更多信息，请访问 www.aspeninstitute.org.

Contacts:

Renata Serafin, rserafin@ynwlad.net
西北远景学院营销和战略传播总监

Kristin O’Keefe, kristin.okeefe@aspeninstitute.org
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