Dr. Karen Stout
@drkastout.bsky.social
President of Achieving the Dream, Inc. working with community colleges to support more students in getting into and through pathways that lead to meaningful credentials, careers and lives. President Emerita of Montgomery County Community College (PA)
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Dr. Karen Stout
@drkastout.bsky.social
· Nov 16
I am a fierce community college advocate, former president of Montgomery County Community College (PA) and current president of a non-profit, Achieving the Dream, that works with community colleges on capacity building. Trying to build a new following here on @bsky.app.
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For 41 years, Dr. Karen A. Stout (@drkastout.bsky.social), recipient of the 2025 Diverse Champions Award, has focused her career on helping community colleges achieve outstanding student success.
Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment
Dr. Karen A. Stout is the recipient of the 2025 Diverse Champions Award.
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April 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
For 41 years, Dr. Karen A. Stout (@drkastout.bsky.social), recipient of the 2025 Diverse Champions Award, has focused her career on helping community colleges achieve outstanding student success.
Read this piece by David French on free speech and due process and the challenges facing higher education to preserve free speech. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Opinion | Don’t Fool Yourself Into Thinking It Will Stop With Mahmoud Khalil
Don’t fool yourself into thinking it will stop with Mahmoud Khalil.
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March 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Read this piece by David French on free speech and due process and the challenges facing higher education to preserve free speech. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Preparing for this—Draft executive order set for Thursday calls for closing Education Dept.
March 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Preparing for this—Draft executive order set for Thursday calls for closing Education Dept.
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@drkastout.bsky.social discusses the critical role of faculty in supporting students and how AI can support learning. Talking through the possibilities also means supporting the professional development of faculty. #ATDDREAM
February 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
@drkastout.bsky.social discusses the critical role of faculty in supporting students and how AI can support learning. Talking through the possibilities also means supporting the professional development of faculty. #ATDDREAM
An excellent summary of the 12 moves in 4 weeks that college leaders need to know and follow. www.highereddive.com/news/trump-h...
12 Trump moves in 4 weeks: What college leaders need to know
The new administration has implemented several policies that have sparked outcry from university researchers and student advocates.
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February 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
An excellent summary of the 12 moves in 4 weeks that college leaders need to know and follow. www.highereddive.com/news/trump-h...
Terrific testimony yesterday in a House appropriatons subcommittee hearing on the impact of #communitycolleges. www.ccdaily.com/2025/02/work...
Workforce engines that provide economic mobility
During a House appropriations subcommittee hearing on Wednesday that focused on the role of community colleges in preparing Americans for jobs, several GOP lawmakers questioned a panel of witnesses --...
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February 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Terrific testimony yesterday in a House appropriatons subcommittee hearing on the impact of #communitycolleges. www.ccdaily.com/2025/02/work...
Our #communitycollege students are showing up in DC amplifying their voices around federal education and workforce policy and more. Student voice matters. #NLS2025
February 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Our #communitycollege students are showing up in DC amplifying their voices around federal education and workforce policy and more. Student voice matters. #NLS2025
Here are 5 ways the Department of Education impacts higheer education.
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Five ways the Education Department impacts higher ed
Momentum is building around plans to dismantle the department, but what does it actually do for colleges, universities and their students?
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February 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Here are 5 ways the Department of Education impacts higheer education.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
I am honored to be recognized for this award especially since it is peer selected and it amplifies Achieving the Dream’s long standing work with advancing #communitycollege student success.
Press Release | Dr. Karen A. Stout (@drkastout.bsky.social) to receive the 2025 Diverse Champions Award bit.ly/3Q6Udbk
February 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I am honored to be recognized for this award especially since it is peer selected and it amplifies Achieving the Dream’s long standing work with advancing #communitycollege student success.
Achieving the Dream is thrilled to be part of the College in High School Alliance and to be in partnership in this effort to support seven states in advancing access to dual enrollment programs.
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Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington Selected To Lead National Dual Enrollment Policy Efforts - College in High School Alliance
Seven states to advance dual enrollment access and intentionality with technical support and funding from the College in High School Alliance (CHSA)
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February 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Achieving the Dream is thrilled to be part of the College in High School Alliance and to be in partnership in this effort to support seven states in advancing access to dual enrollment programs.
collegeinhighschool.org/seven-states...
collegeinhighschool.org/seven-states...
Let’s stay focused on addressing the projected shortfall in Pell. The focus matters to our students. www.ccdaily.com/2025/02/wash...
Washington Watch: A projected Pell Grant shortfall
Federal budget scorekeepers have just provided both good news and bad news for the Pell Grant program. The good news is that more students are qualifying for grants, and many are receiving larger ones...
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February 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Let’s stay focused on addressing the projected shortfall in Pell. The focus matters to our students. www.ccdaily.com/2025/02/wash...
This is an excellent example of a boundary spanning partnership between a community college and a local non-profit. #communitycolleges www.ccdaily.com/2025/01/word...
Words of skill and encouragement
When Neimo Ali settled in San Diego after immigrating from Ethiopia, she didn’t know more than a few words of English, had little in the way of job skills and was uncertain about her future. What she ...
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February 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This is an excellent example of a boundary spanning partnership between a community college and a local non-profit. #communitycolleges www.ccdaily.com/2025/01/word...
Today is the first day of Black History month, officially recognized by President Ford in 1976 when he asked the public to “seize the opportunity to honor the too often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans.”
February 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Today is the first day of Black History month, officially recognized by President Ford in 1976 when he asked the public to “seize the opportunity to honor the too often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans.”
Good news on credential attainment increases with several states exceeding the 60% target. www.ccdaily.com/2025/01/prom...
Promising news on credential attainment
U.S. credential attainment among working-age adults is edging closer to a goal of 60% by 2025 set by Lumina Foundation in 2008. The foundation on Thursday released its latest findings pertaining to ad...
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February 1, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Good news on credential attainment increases with several states exceeding the 60% target. www.ccdaily.com/2025/01/prom...
Good to see Achieving the Dream here! @achievingthedream.bsky.social
Achieving the Dream (@achievingthedream.bsky.social)
Leading America’s largest network of community colleges working to become strong engines of student & community growth #ATDNetwork
achievingthedream.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Good to see Achieving the Dream here! @achievingthedream.bsky.social
Girls have lost ground in reading, math and science at a troubling rate, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of student test scores across the country. The recent decline in test scores may have long-term consequences for women's educational success and job prospects
January 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Girls have lost ground in reading, math and science at a troubling rate, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of student test scores across the country. The recent decline in test scores may have long-term consequences for women's educational success and job prospects
The 10 New Books to Feed Your Mind in 2025
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The 10 New Books to Feed Your Mind in 2025
One thing we can all control this year is the information that we let into our heads.
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January 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The 10 New Books to Feed Your Mind in 2025
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Dartmouth’s Bottom-Up Approach to Institutional Neutrality by @sianbeilock
December 22, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Dartmouth’s Bottom-Up Approach to Institutional Neutrality by @sianbeilock
Cathedral Rock today from Crescent Moon Ranch. There is something magical about Sedona, the hikes, the red rocks, the power of the vortex.
December 14, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Cathedral Rock today from Crescent Moon Ranch. There is something magical about Sedona, the hikes, the red rocks, the power of the vortex.
My favorite ornament. It’s the message.
December 9, 2024 at 12:03 PM
My favorite ornament. It’s the message.
Glad to see the @leagueforinn.bsky.social on @bsky.app. Looking forward to participating in this week’s Executive Leadership Institute #ELI and meeting rising #communitycollege leaders from across the country including @achievingthedream.bsky.social colleges.
December 9, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Glad to see the @leagueforinn.bsky.social on @bsky.app. Looking forward to participating in this week’s Executive Leadership Institute #ELI and meeting rising #communitycollege leaders from across the country including @achievingthedream.bsky.social colleges.
Take this one in. Be inspired by Jenae’s story!https://achievingthedream.org/dreaming-without-limitations-dream-scholar-alumna-jenae-parker-reflects-on-her-journey-with-atd/
Dreaming without limitations: DREAM Scholar alumna Jenae Parker reflects on her journey with ATD - Achieving the Dream
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December 7, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Take this one in. Be inspired by Jenae’s story!https://achievingthedream.org/dreaming-without-limitations-dream-scholar-alumna-jenae-parker-reflects-on-her-journey-with-atd/
‘What kind of person do we want our children to become — reformers who honor their commitments to serve and change the institutions they love or performative arsonists who vow to burn it all down?’
Interesting question from David Brooks in his @nytimes.com opinion piece today
Interesting question from David Brooks in his @nytimes.com opinion piece today
November 30, 2024 at 1:00 PM
‘What kind of person do we want our children to become — reformers who honor their commitments to serve and change the institutions they love or performative arsonists who vow to burn it all down?’
Interesting question from David Brooks in his @nytimes.com opinion piece today
Interesting question from David Brooks in his @nytimes.com opinion piece today
My November edition of “Stout on Tap”—musings from the field. mailchi.mp/achievingthe...
Stout on Tap: Staying Focused in a Time of Uncertainty
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November 29, 2024 at 1:06 PM
My November edition of “Stout on Tap”—musings from the field. mailchi.mp/achievingthe...
Congrats to these #CommunityColleges for securing investments to advance important workforce and student success efforts on their campuses and in their communities. www.ccdaily.com/2024/11/fund....
Funding roundup
The Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges (LACCD) has launched an initiative to transform the lives of community college students pursuing health careers, supported with more than $4 milli...
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November 28, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Congrats to these #CommunityColleges for securing investments to advance important workforce and student success efforts on their campuses and in their communities. www.ccdaily.com/2024/11/fund....