Browsing by Author "Association of Community College Trustees"
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- Aligning for Student Success: How Community Colleges Work with K-12 to Improve College and Career OutcomesAmerican Association of Community Colleges; Education Strategy Group; Association of Community College Trustees (American Association of Community Colleges, 2018-11-28)Since 2012, community colleges have made a considerable effort to increase student success and completion. Today, as much greater attention is being paid to drawing stronger linkages between education and workforce needs, institutions are becoming more strategic and deliberate in this work. In particular, many institutions are building stronger with relationships with their K-12 partners to ensure students are ready to succeed in college and beyond. These promising models show that when community college and K-12 leaders link up to align academic, navigational, and career supports students are set on a path to succeed in postsecondary and beyond. This report will identify those practices and offer high-level strategies, as well as concrete actions community college presidents and trustees can take to partner with K-12 to dramatically improve student outcomes.
- Apprenticeships: An Emerging Community College Strategy for Workforce Development (2019)Association of Community College Trustees (Association of Community College Trustees, 2019)This report provides an overview of registered apprenticeship programs, including pre-apprenticeships and youth apprenticeships, and describes their recent growth. The report also features profiles of apprenticeship programs at Harper College and San Jacinto College. These programs illustrate how community colleges are working to expand apprenticeship opportunities for students to gain jobs in growing and in-demand industries in their regions. The profiles also detail how the colleges are working to diversify apprenticeship programs to non-traditional industries and reach out to a diverse range of students, especially women and students of color.
- Celebrating TCU SuccessesAmerican Indian Higher Education Consortium; Association of Community College Trustees; Lumina Foundation (American Indian Higher Education Consortium, 2019)Included in Celebrating Tribal College and Universities (TCU)' Successes are articles and personal stories demonstrating the progress. There are analyses from the detailed student cohort “data reviews” in addition to “progress checks” by the TCUs conducted at the GISS institutes for the past few years. Results of these processes provide both qualitative and quantitative information about TCU progress in promoting and affecting student success at their colleges.
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (2020): A Checklist and Implementation Guide for Community College BoardsAssociation of Community College Trustees (Association of Community College Trustees, 2020-08-25)This guide is intended to assist community and technical college boards of trustees and CEOs to actively implement and reinforce a culture that values and promotes diversity, equity and inclusion. The governing board’s role is pivotal in impacting college culture by shaping and supporting goals, policies, practices and college procedures that promote equitable experiences, opportunities, and outcomes. This guide provides college leaders practical steps and institutional examples for designing and implementing equitable institutional policies, practices, processes and programs.
- Equity Action Agenda for Community College Governance (2018)Association of Community College Trustees (Association of Community College Trustees, 2018)This document is a guide based on the responsibilities of community college trustees and the college’s leadership to promote policies that support access, affordability, equity and completion for all community college students. College diversity, equity, and inclusivity policies facilitate academic progress and economic and social mobility for all.