Aspen is a place for leaders to lift their sights above the possessions which possess them. To confront their own nature as human beings, to regain control over their own humanity by becoming more self-aware, more self-correcting, and hence more self-fulfilling.

Walter P. Paepcke, Aspen Institute Co-Founder
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Promising Practices – Northern Virginia Community College

February 15, 2016
Economic Opportunities Program, and Workforce Strategies Initiative

In 2011, Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) launched a new Adult Career Pathways (ACP) initiative to enable more low-income adult students to access and succeed in career studies programs. Over its first three years, the ACP program grew rapidly to serve more than 1,000 adult studentswho consistently achieved high rates of college success and persistence towards a credential. The ACP program demonstrates that community colleges can successfully enroll and serve low-income adult students on a significant scale and maintain success rates.

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The Power of Pell

In response to declining public funding for noncredit workforce programs, Mott Community College took the unusual step of awarding Pell “Clock Hour” grants to students in two noncredit health care certificate programs.