THREE IECC SCHOOLS PICKED FOR ASPEN AWARD

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The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program this week named Lincoln Trail College in Robinson, Olney Central College, and Frontier College in Fairfield as 3 of the 150 schools to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The 150 community colleges were picked from nearly 1000 public two year colleges nationwide. The top ten finalists will be selected in May of 2020 and the final award decision will be made in the spring of 2021. Schools were picked based upon their strong student outcomes.