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Ventura College's Programs Named 2024 and 2022 Bellwether Award Finalists

The Bellwether College Consortium named Ventura College’s Basic Needs Center as their 2024 Bellwether Award Finalists. The first finalist recognition was in 2022 for Ventura College's ESL program. The college is one of 30 nationwide eligible for the award, which is a highly competitive and nationally recognized award focusing on cutting-edge, trendsetting programs worthy of replication. 
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Ventura College's Programs Named 2024 and 2022 Bellwether Award Finalists

The Bellwether College Consortium named Ventura College’s Basic Needs Center as their 2024 Bellwether Award Finalists. The first finalist recognition was in 2022 for Ventura College's ESL program. The college is one of 30 nationwide eligible for the award, which is a highly competitive and nationally recognized award focusing on cutting-edge, trendsetting programs worthy of replication. 
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Bellwether College Consortium

Bellwether College Consortium The Bellwether College Consortium is comprised of award-winning colleges charged with addressing critical issues facing community colleges through applicable research and the promotion and replication of best practices addressing workforce development, instructional programs and services, and planning governance and finance. The nationally recognized Bellwether Award focuses on cutting-edge, trendsetting programs worthy of replication. Annually, 30 community colleges are deemed finalists from a large group of applicants in the United States and its territories. The selected colleges compete for one of three Bellwether Awards. A rigorous selection process with two rounds of judging by peers and academicians in the field culminates with a day-long event of presentations by contenders for the Bellwether Award at the Community College Futures Assembly. The competition and selection bring a level of excellence that demonstrates the innovative spirit and results-driven mindset that exists among our finest community colleges. BCC is proudly sponsored by the Alamo Colleges District in San Antonio, Texas and celebrates its 27th Bellwether Award competition in January of 2021.