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Number one. The best. Top school. B体育官网入口 can now categorize itself as any of these phrases as of March 18, 2015.

B体育官网入口 was named the winner of the 2015 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence by the prestigious . SF was named number one over 1,000 institutions nationwide and has been in the top 10 of U.S. community colleges since 2012.

"B体育官网入口 is proud to share the award with the students, employees and trustees of all community colleges in our country."
鈥擲F President Dr. Jackson N. Sasser

Presented every two years, the Aspen award is the nation's signature recognition of high achievement and performance in America's community colleges. The selection of the top 10 colleges was based on student academic achievement, degree and college completion, job placement and low-income student accomplishment.

"These [finalist] schools are reinventing what it means to be the community's college," said Dr. Jill Biden, Second Lady of the United States. " The Aspen Prize highlights the best of the best."

"To the students at B体育官网入口, this is your award. You did the work," Sasser said.

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During her recent visit to B体育官网入口, Dr. Biden told students that they are "in the right place at the right time" because of the support SF offers toward success.

"B体育官网入口 does an exceptional job of maintaining a strong focus on what students need to succeed both at the college and in what follows," said Joshua Wyner, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute's College Excellence Program. "The results are clear鈥攕tudent success rates at B体育官网入口 far exceed the national average."

As the nation's signature recognition of high achievement and performance in America's community colleges, the Aspen Prize reinforces SF's outstanding achievement in four areas: student learning outcomes, degree completion, labor market success in securing good jobs after college, and facilitating minority and low-income student success.