Coffeyville Community College is among 150 elite institutions eligible for the 2023 Aspen Prize.

 

The award comes with a prize of $1 million and is considered to be the nation's signature recognition of high achievement and performance among community colleges. According to the Aspen Institute, the colleges selected for this honor stand out among more than 1,000 community colleges nationwide as having high and improving levels of student success as well as equitable outcomes for Black and Hispanic students and those from lower-income backgrounds.

 

Colleges selected, including Coffeyville, are invited to submit data and narratives, the first step in an intensive process that eventually culminates in the announcement of the prize winner in spring 2023. The eligible colleges represent 34 states, and serve as little as 230 students or as many as 57,000. Other Kansas schools eligible for the prize include Cloud County Community College, Flint Hills Technical College, North Central Kansas Technical College, Northwest Kansas Technical College, and Salina Area Technical College.