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The Aspen Institute Names NWTC as a Finalist for $1 Million 2025 Aspen Prize
Signature Recognition Celebrates 10 High-Achieving Community Colleges from Across the Country
56% first-year retention rate
41% three-year graduation rate with students of color
52% three-year graduation rate of first-time or full-time students
Selection of the top ten finalists by an expert panel of 15 experts in community colleges, higher education, and workforce training, to be announced in spring/summer 2022
Fall 2022 site visits to each of the ten finalists, during which the Aspen Institute and partners will collect additional information, including employment and earnings data and insights about promising practices
A distinguished jury will meet and make award decisions in the first quarter of early 2023
Announcement of the Aspen Prize in late spring 2023
Signature Recognition Celebrates 10 High-Achieving Community Colleges from Across the Country
NWTC provides insight behind successful approaches to maritime training
NWTC and UW-Green Bay spotlight the student impact of collaboration and expand transfer opportunities for the region