Clarifying the Paths
Enabling prospective students to plan their journey at CSM “with the end in mind.”
CSM is committed to helping students achieve.
Since 2019, the College of Southern Maryland has been a member of the Achieving the Dream (ATD) network—a nationwide initiative to cultivate systemic change among community colleges to address equity gaps in student success, particularly for low-income students and students of color.
As an ATD member school, CSM joins more than 220 community colleges across the country in a concerted push with a common goal: to reduce the disparities in access, opportunities, and outcomes in higher education.
Our fundamental goal is to create a student-focused institutional culture that ensures equity and inspires all students to succeed. To that end, our ATD work centers around three primary goals:
Enabling prospective students to plan their journey at CSM “with the end in mind.”
Identifying a clear procedure for a student to follow when in need of any kind of support, to allow them to overcome barriers to completion.
The college’s progress toward those goals will be measured by two- and five-year objectives in five key areas: