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Ready for College in Colorado: Evaluation of the Colorado SUN and the College Connection Program

ACP NEWS, December 2011
Adult Career Pathways Support Center
The article points to the evaluation, promising results, and the Colorado SUN Toolkit/resources/guides produced under the grant.

Beyond Basic Skills: State Strategies to Connect Low-Skilled Students to an Employer-Valued Post Secondary Education

Center for Post secondary and Economic Success, March 2011
Marcie Foster, Julie Strawn & Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield
How much does college matter for getting ahead in America? Having a post secondary education—broadly defined as a credential beyond a high school diploma—continues to be one of the most important factors in getting a good job and advancing in the workforce. … Read more »

Making the "College Connection": Colorado's SUN (Success UNlimited) Initiative, an Intensive Transition Program

Office of Community College Research and Leadership, Fall 2010
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Durango Adult Education Center (DAEC), a community-based nonprofit adult education center in southwest Colorado, serves about 800 adult learners … Read more »

Paulette Church, Durango Adult Education Center, Receives William Funk Award

So, What's New? Adult Education and Family Literacy, March 2010, Volume 3, Issue 9
Paulette has served as Executive Director of the Durango Adult Education Center (DAEC) since the summer of 1999. Under her leadership, DAEC has grown … Read more »

Connecting the Dots: How Contextual Learning Can Fuel Academic Success

Colorado SUN e-zine "SUNSpots", August 2009, Volume 1, Issue 5

Front Range Community College's Larimer Campus Begins Program to Transition GED Grads to College

CCCS Connections, July 2009
Front Range Community College's Larimer Campus launched "College Connection" this month. College Connection is a new program which helps prepare GED graduates …   Read more »

Many Faces Shape Look of Adult Learners

Colorado SUN e-zine "SUNSpots", June 2009, Volume 1, Issue 3
Learning communities foster college and career success

Students Facing Uncharted Seas of All Kinds Benefit from the Efforts of a Navigator

Colorado SUN e-zine "SUNSpots", April 2009, Volume 1, Issue 2

Student Profile: Tabitha Lucero – Future Botanist

Colorado SUN e-zine "SUN Shine", April 2009, Volume 1, Issue 2
Life came at Tabitha Lucero pretty fast. A new baby on the way meant she’d have to re prioritize her entire life …   Read more »

Student's Best Investment in Volatile Economy: Education

Colorado SUN e-zine "SUNSpots", March 2009, Volume 1, Issue 1
Helping students start their "self-investment plan" is what the Success UNlimited initiative - or Colorado SUN - does best.   Read more »

Bridging the Gap From GED to Community College Student

DIVERSE: Issues In Higher Education, March 5, 2009
Community colleges are at the forefront in providing accessible and affordable quality education to a growing population of students, many of whom are ethnic minorities.   Read more »

MCC program eases college transition

Fort Morgan Times, January 21, 2009
An eight-week "bridge program" to help adult learners make the transition to college will be available for the first time at Morgan Community College starting Jan. 26.   Read more »

Federally funded program at NJC designed to better prepare students for college level coursework

Sterling Journal-Advocate, January 15, 2009
Elizabeth Neumann is just 20 years old. And, for the last six years, she's been attending the School of Hard Knocks. Frankly, she's a bit tired of it.   Read more »