BBCC tops state in Student Achievement Initiative

Big Bend Community College had the highest student achievement point gains of any community and technical college in the state in 2011-12.

For its performance, the college will receive $189,168 from the state’s Student Achievement Initiative. Despite being one of the smallest colleges in the system, BBCC’s Student Achievement Award for 2012 is the largest in the state’s system of 34 community and technical colleges.

“For our size, more Big Bend students made more progress toward their educational goals than any other college in the system,” said Bob Mohrbacher, BBCC Vice President of Ins...