BRT President John Engler and former Education Secretary Richard Riley announced the winners of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence on Tuesday.

From The Aspen Institute, "The Aspen Prize: Awarding Top Community Colleges":

Community colleges remain at the center of a national dialogue about workforce preparedness, economic growth and higher education. In an effort to identify the best practices of community colleges throughout the country and disseminate them, the Aspen Institute's College Excellence program recognizes the nation's top institutions of this kind with the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence annually. ... Santa Barbara City College and Walla Walla Community College, along with other two Finalists with Distinction, were honored at an awards ceremony and celebration at the Newseum in Washington, DC.

Winners:

Santa Barbara City College (Santa Barbara, CA)

Walla Walla Community College (Walla Walla, WA)

Finalists-with-Distinction

Lake Area Technical Institute (Watertown, SD)

Kingsborough Community College-CUNY (Brooklyn, NY)