The Network

The Achieving the Dream National Reform Network includes over 200 colleges, 15 state policy teams, more than 20 investors, and more than 100 coaches and advisors - working throughout 34 states and the District of Columbia - to help 3.8 million community college students have a better chance of realizing greater economic opportunity and achieving their dreams.

Watch reflections from some of the finest reformers in the Achieving the Dream National Reform Network. This video series features 24 video reflections from Achieving the Dream investors, practitioners, researchers, and students. The videos were shot at DREAM 2012 in partnership with ISKME and CompletionMatters.org and Bill Dumas Productions, and were released from July 2012-September 2012.

Video Release Schedule:

7/18/2012  Bill Moses
(Program Director, Education, The Kresge Foundation)

7/19/2012  Bob Ferrentino
(President, Montcalm Community College)

7/20/2012  Byron McClenney
(Director, Student Success Initiatives, Community College Leadership Program, University of Texas at Austin)

7/25/2012  Leah Meyer Austin
(Former Senior Vice President, Lumina Foundation; Director and Development Committee Chair, Achieving the Dream, Inc.)

7/27/2012  Bob Templin
(President, Northern Virginia Community; Chairman of the Board, Achieving the Dream)

7/30/2012  Sam Cargile
(Vice President, Grantmaking, Lumina Foundation)

8/1/2012   Jamie Mersotis
(President & CEO, Lumina Foundation)

8/3/2012   Kay McClenney (1)
(Director, Center for Community College Student Engagement, Community College Leadership Program, University of Texas at Austin)

8/6/2012   Caroline Altman Smith
(Senior Program Officer, The Kresge Foundation)

8/8/2012   Community College Students (1)
(Prince George's Community College)

8/10/2012  Mia Ramos
(Assistant Director of Programs, Achieving the Dream, Inc.)

8/13/2012  Rhonda Glover
(Senior Director of Data Coaching and Data Strategy, Achieving the Dream, Inc.)

8/15/2012  Community College Students (2)
(Tarrant County Community College)

8/17/2012  Kay McClenney (2) 
(Director, Center for Community College Student Engagement, Community College Leadership Program, University of Texas at Austin)

8/20/2012  Steven Murray
(Chancellor, Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas)

8/22/2012  Suzanne Walsh
(Lead Senior Program Officer, Postsecondary Success, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)

8/24/2012 Community College Students (3)
(Phi Theta Kappa)

8/27/2012  Richard Kazis
(Senior Vice President, Jobs for the Future)

8/29/2012  Rob Spohr
(Vice President, Academic Affairs, Montcalm Community College)

8/31/2012 Rosemarie Nassif
(Special Advisor to the Assistant Secretary, Department of Education)

9/3/2012   Tom Brock
(Director, Young Adult and Post-Secondary Education, MDRC)

9/5/2012   Community College Students (4)
(Lone Star College System)

9/7/2012   Richard Rhodes
(President/CEO, Austin Community College District)

9/10/2012  Community College Students (5)
(Prince George's Community College)