Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count
Achieving the Dream (ATD) is a national organization committed to advancing community colleges as accessible hubs of learning, credentialing, and economic mobility. This national initiative consists of more than 300 community colleges across the country. Lone Star College joined this initiative in 2006, and this is the fourth time the college has been recognized as a Leader College since 2012, the first time since 2021.

Through ATD, the college has improved in the following areas:

• first time in college credit completion ratio,
• first time in college persistence (fall to fall retention) and,
• narrowing the completion gap for first time in college Black students compared to their first time in college Hispanic and White counterparts.

Each year, data is collected and analyzed with regard to each of our chosen initiatives.  The results are reviewed informing institutional programmatic and policy decisions.  This continuous evaluation allows Lone Star College to continue increasing Student Success.