The Top Community College in the Nation

Order forms for Aspen Notecards and stationery are located in the “Employee Support” channel in Atlas.

Order Aspen Notecards and Stationery

Follow these instructions to add the Aspen Prize mention to your Outlook email signature.

Create Your Aspen Email Signature

Follow these instructions to download the syllabus templates.

Download Aspen Syllabus Templates

Watch the video announcing the winner of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence as Dr. Shugart accepts the inaugural award on behalf of Valencia College.

Watch the Aspen Prize Announcement 

The Aspen Prize announcement was featured on NPR, the White House Blog and number of other major media outlets.

Media Coverage

The College Excellence Program aims to identify and replicate campus-wide practices that significantly improve college student outcomes. Through the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the New College Leadership Project and other initiatives, the College Excellence Program works to improve colleges’ understanding and capacity to teach and graduate students, especially the growing population of low-income and minority students on American campuses.

The purpose of the Aspen Prize is to recognize community colleges with outstanding academic and workforce outcomes in both absolute performance and improvements over time. By focusing on student success and lifting up models that work, the Aspen Prize will honor excellence, stimulate innovation, and create benchmarks for measuring progress.

For more information on the Aspen College Excellence Program, visit AspenCCPrize.org