Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Valencia College is a public state college in Orlando, Florida, United States. In 2011, it was named the top community college in the United States by the Aspen Institute. The college was founded in 1967 as \"Valencia Junior College,\" taking the name \"Valencia Community College\" in 1971. In December 2010, Valencia's Board of Trustees voted to change the name to \"Valencia College,\" because the academic scope of the school had expanded to include bachelor's degrees. Valencia has several campuses in Orlando with additional campuses in Winter Park and Kissimmee. Valencia is ranked first in the United States for the number of associate's degrees.The Aspen Institute awarded Valencia the first Aspen Prize for College Excellence after a year-long effort to recognize extraordinary accomplishments in individual institutions of the nation’s 1,200 community colleges. The Aspen award was granted based on \"a rigorous, yearlong effort to... assemble and review an unprecedented collection of data on community colleges and the critical elements of student success: student learning, degree completion, equity, and employment after graduation.\""@en }
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- Valencia_College abstract "Valencia College is a public state college in Orlando, Florida, United States. In 2011, it was named the top community college in the United States by the Aspen Institute. The college was founded in 1967 as \"Valencia Junior College,\" taking the name \"Valencia Community College\" in 1971. In December 2010, Valencia's Board of Trustees voted to change the name to \"Valencia College,\" because the academic scope of the school had expanded to include bachelor's degrees. Valencia has several campuses in Orlando with additional campuses in Winter Park and Kissimmee. Valencia is ranked first in the United States for the number of associate's degrees.The Aspen Institute awarded Valencia the first Aspen Prize for College Excellence after a year-long effort to recognize extraordinary accomplishments in individual institutions of the nation’s 1,200 community colleges. The Aspen award was granted based on \"a rigorous, yearlong effort to... assemble and review an unprecedented collection of data on community colleges and the critical elements of student success: student learning, degree completion, equity, and employment after graduation.\"".