10 community colleges are finalists for 2013 Aspen Prize
The Aspen Institute has named 10 community colleges as finalists for the 2013 Aspen Prize, which honors community colleges for outstanding performance and outstanding improvements.
The finalists are:
- Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, Texas
- Broward College, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- College of the Ouachitas, Malvern, Ark.
- Kingsborough Community College - City University of New York, Brooklyn
- Lake Area Technical Institute, Watertown, S.D.
- Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, Calif.
- Santa Fe College, Gainesville, Fla.
- Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College, Cumberland, Ky.
- Walla Walla Community College, Walla Walla, Wash.
- West Kentucky Community and Technical College, Paducah, Ky.
The institute will gather extensive additional data about each finalist, including employment and earnings outcomes for each college's graduates. A jury will select a grand prize winner in March 2013.