The shared goals of learning as a life long endeavor and education as an affordable and accessible experience provides a natural link between the Walden Project and Community College of Vermont. This partnership allows for students who are participating in the Walden Project to earn community college credit through courses at the community college. This course of study at Community College of Vermont will allow students, who have not considered college as an option, an opportunity to understand the personal value of higher education and to realize its viability. For the student who is already planning to go to college, this will give them an opportunity to become more familiar with the rigors of an undergraduate education.