Peer Learning Events feature Best Practices using Digital Experiences Transforming Admissions and Orientation

Providing a digital experience to welcome and prepare new students promotes early engagement, leading to greater student successs. Over 60 DREAM Network schools are providing an engaging and effective online orientation personalized to every student and customized to their brand and their culture. Leveraging the power of an accessible and convenient digital onboarding experience is making an impact at community colleges across the country.

Advantage Orientation^® provides an interactive, personalized, and video-rich online orientation. 

• Multi-Language Translations: speak to your new students in their native language
• First-Generation Messaging: presented curated content for first-generation students and their supporters
• Accessibility: remove technology barriers and information overload with a mobile-friendly experience that can be completed on any device
• Data Transparency: leverage built-in reporting to demonstrate effectiveness, adhere to compliance requirements, and make data-driven improvements

How Advantage Orientation^® is making an impact at these DREAM Network Institutions

All students have access and the platform is ADA-compliant. Students can complete orientation from their phone, at home, virtually wherever they are. Content is available in English and Spanish. Since we launched, we have had zero complaints.

Hartnell College, CA

Students are completing “Mount 101” (online orientation program) at a faster rate. With “Mount 101,” the are getting their advising appointment within 48 hours and registering within a week. “Mount 101” has actually deterred our summer melt numbers quite a bit.

Mount Wachusett Community College, MA

With the new online platform, students stay engaged with video content, game-based learning for knowledge checks, and other interactive elements. Staff and administration have access to reporting features, and the platform automatically notifies students who have not completed the orientation. We are helping more students connect, make informed decisions on a career pathway, and identify needs before the first day of classes.

Grayson College, TX

Visit us during DREAM 2025

Visit us in the exhibit hall during DREAM 2025! Engage in live demonstrations. You'll experience for yourself how you can welcome and prepare new students for college success with a personalized, interactive, video-rich, and convenient online orientation, just like these DREAM Network schools.

1. Antelope Valley College
2. Bakersfield College
3. Big Bend Community College
4. Bunker Hill Community College
5. Cerro Coso Community College
6. College of the Mainland
7. College of the Muscogee Nation
8. Columbia State Community College
9. Columbus State Community College
10. Community College of Aurora
11. Community College of Baltimore County
12. Community College of Philadelphia
13. Delaware County Community College
14. Dyersburg State Community College
15. East Mississippi Community College
16. Florida State College at Jacksonville
17. Forsyth Technical Community College
18. Fort Peck Community College
19. Gaston College
20. Georgia Northwestern Technical College
21. Grayson College
22. Green River College
23. Guilford Technical Community College
24. Halifax Community College
25. Hartnell College
26. Hillsborough Community College
27. Holyoke Community College
28. Ivy Tech Community College
29. Lansing Community College
30. Macomb Community College
31. Martin Community College
32. Miami Dade College
33. Middlesex Community College
34. Miracosta College
35. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
36. Mohawk Valley Community College
37. Montgomery College
38. Mount Wachusett Community College
39. Nashville State Community College
40. Navajo Technical University
41. North Central Michigan College
42. North Shore Community College
43. Northern Virginia Community College
44. Northwest Mississippi Community College
45. Odessa College
46. Palm Beach State College
47. Passaic County Community College
48. Pitt Community College
49. Pueblo Community College
50. Quinsigamond Community College
51. Raritan Valley Community College
52. Savannah Technical College
53. Sinclair Community College
54. Southwestern Oregon Community College
55. Suffolk County Community College
56. Tidewater Community College
57. University of Houston
58. Valencia College
59. Vance-Granville Community College
60. Wake Technical Community College
61. Walters State Community College