Restless In Allentown

Maybe so, for some who'd like to see success rates improve for more students at Lehigh Carbon Community College, which did something about it, with the help of Public Agenda's public engagement team. Volunteers from the college, local businesses and the community held a Community Conversation (seen here) in Allentown, Pa., on how to better prepare students for college and careers. Click here to see the group's action plan. For more on efforts to help community college students, see our story on Achieving The Dream and our research on access to higher education.