3. How to Support Degree Completion for Community College Students

1. Initiatives Addressing Community Colleges Shortfalls (a few examples)

1.1. Federal level

1.1.1. Trade Adjustment Assistance for Community College & Career Training Grant Program

1.1.2. Occupation and Academic Certificate Integration

1.1.3. Community College Summit 2010

1.2. State level

1.2.1. Arizona

1.2.1.1. Project H.O.P.E.

1.2.1.2. Academic preparation via AGEC & associates

1.2.1.3. Enroll earlier

1.2.1.4. Degree completion at associates and bachelor's level

1.2.1.4.1. Supported by online websites in order to provide accessible information

1.2.2. Scholarly Summit & Library Seminars

1.3. Private foundations

1.3.1. Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

1.3.2. Skills for America in the Future

1.4. Non-Profit organizations

1.4.1. Achieving the Dream

2. Community Colleges Supporters

2.1. Obama Administration

2.2. The Gates Foundation

2.3. Lumina Foundation

2.4. State & Local Government

2.5. Community Colleges Organizations & Associations

3. Community Colleges offer...(background information)

3.1. upward economic mobility

3.2. access to underrepresented populations

3.3. affordable college tuition

3.4. relevant job training

3.5. education to nearly half of current undergraduates

4. Community Colleges Current Challenging Status leads to...

4.1. lack of degree completion

4.2. uneducated or untrained future workforce

4.3. challenges social and economic prosperity