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Outstanding Services to Underserved Population
Award Criteria

Award recipients must be ACHE members in good standing. Their winning program or project must be innovative, have a proven success record, demonstrate excellence, and be adaptive to other settings or institutions, and document service to populations typically underserved by continuing higher education. Concise, well-written and engaging award nominations enjoy a clear advantage over other submissions

Applicants are asked to submit a Word document (.doc or .rtf) than includes a maximum of a 500-word summary describing the program/project as fully implemented and then answers to the following:

  • What are your goals and objectives of this program or service?
  • Why does this program or service successfully meet the goals of this award?
  • Describe the program or service as fully implemented. How was it innovative?
  • What technologies, if any, were employed and how were they used?
  • How much did the program or service cost? How was it financed? What was the cost to the beneficiaries?
  • Has the program or service been evaluated?
  • What are the evaluation results?
  • What is the most significant lesson learned from this experience?
  • How might other institutions replicate or adapt this program or service to their needs?

 

Nomination Form