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title: Coastline College Vice President of Instruction is the Recipient of The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program
description: Dr. Vincent Rodriguez is one of 40 leaders selected for the 2020-21 class of the Aspen Rising Presidents Fellowship.
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## [Coastline College Vice President of Instruction is the Recipient of The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program](https://newsroom.coastline.edu/coastline-vp-is-recipient-of-the-aspen-institute-excellence-program)

 May 7, 2020 2:00:00 PM / by [Coastline Staff](https://newsroom.coastline.edu/author/coastline-staff)

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##### Fountain Valley, CA (May 7, 2020) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

[The Aspen Institute](https://https//highered.aspeninstitute.org/meet-the-rising-presidents-fellows/vince-rodriguez/) College Excellence Program announced this week that Dr. Vincent Rodriguez, Vice President of Instruction at [Coastline College](https://www.coastline.edu/index.php), is one of 40 leaders selected for the 2020-21 class of the Aspen Rising Presidents Fellowship, a highly selected leadership program preparing the next generation of community college presidents to transform institutions to achieve higher and more equitable levels of student success. The Rising Presidents Fellows will embark on a 10-month fellowship beginning in July 2020.

Delivered in collaboration with the **Stanford University** Educational Leadership Initiative, the fellows will be mentored by esteemed current and former community college presidents who have achieved exceptional outcomes for students throughout their careers and will learn strategies to improve student outcomes in and after college, lead internal change, and create strong external partnerships with K-12 schools, four-year colleges, employers, and other partners.

Dr. Vince Rodriguez grew up in Orange, California. He graduated from Orange Coast College with an associate’s degree and went on to earn a bachelor of science degree in information technology and a master of arts in education with an emphasis in distance learning and adult education. In 2011 he completed his study related to retention of online students while earning his doctorate in educational leadership from California State University, Long Beach.

Dr. Rodriguez has been a member of the Coast Community College District in California since 1998 and has worked as a classified employee, instructor, and administrator. Over his 20-plus years at Coastline, he provided leadership at each of Coastline’s learning centers and spent many years overseeing a distance learning program that accounts for nearly 75 percent of the enrollments at the college. Dr. Rodriguez has served in the role as vice president of instruction at Coastline since 2012.

He is a resident of Huntington Beach and, in his free time, volunteers as a coach and referee for the Costa Mesa region of the American Youth Soccer Organization.

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