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CC101: Who, What, Why, and How

League for Innovation Workshop for Corporate Partners

Philadelphia, PA

March 4, 2012

CC101: Workshop goals and who we are

• Goals• Overview and background on CC’s• Dialogue on CC to establish meaningful

partnerships

• We are…• Naomi Story, Mesa CC, Faculty Director CTL

• Expert Panel• Kathi Hiyane-Brown, Whatcom CC, President• Virginia Gonzalez, Northampton CC, Professor,

Counseling/Psychology

CC101: Workshop goals and who we are

• You are…

• Your expectations for the workshop are…

CC101: History

• 1636 – Harvard v 1901 Joliet Junior College

• 1922 – AAJC definition of two-year college

• 1940’s• G.I. Bill

• Truman’s H.E. Commission: 14 years of free education

• 1950’s• Sputnik

• Brown v Topeka

• N.D.E. Act

• 1960’s• Civil Rights Act

• Higher Education Act

• Vocation Education Act

• 500 new colleges, one a week

• League for Innovation founded

• 1970’s• Reauthorization of H.E. Act

• AACJC

• ACCT

• 1980’s• Building Communities Report

• AACC

• 1990’s• Hope Scholarship

• W.I.A.

• A.T.E. Act

• Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 2006

• 2000’s• Congressional Caucus for CC

• The Post-9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2010

CC101: Recent events?

• White House Summit 2010

• Obama’s 2012 State of the Union Address

• What does history and recent events tell us about CC’s?

CC101: CC Profile Today

http://www.aacc.nche.edu/AboutCC/Pages/default.aspx

TOTAL 1167

Public 993

Independent 143

Tribal 31

CC101: Demographics Today

Total Students (Fall 2008) – 12.4 MIL

• Credit – 7.4 million

• Average age – 28

• Part-time – 60%

• Full-time – 40%

• First-Generation – 42%

• Women – 58%

• Men – 42%

• Minorities – 45%

Note: Increase between Fall 2008 – Fall 2010 – 15%

CC101: Philosophy

Founding principles

• Needs of a democracy

• Value of each individual

• Community-driven programs and services

• Responsive to employer needs

• Allows for second chances

CC101: Philosophy

Basic Characteristics of Community College

• Open door

• Community

• Comprehensive

• Economic Development

• Excellence and innovation in teaching and learning

• Student services and development

CC101: Ask the Panel Activity

• What are the critical directions, agendas, and trends among community colleges today?

• Have they changed? If so, how and why?• Nationally • Locally

CC101: Reflection Activity

• Directions and agendas are corporate partners interested in fostering…

• Are there areas we should NOT partner? Why not?

CC101: Financing Community Colleges

Revenue sources

• Tuition and fees

• Local

• State

• Federal

• Other

Note: 50 states = 50 different ways of $$ allocation

CC101: Budgets

Basic budget expenditures

• Instruction

• Academic support

• Student services

• Institutional support

• M&O, facilities, technology

• Scholarships, public service, debt retirement

• Contingency


• Where are significant expenditures occurring?

• What are good or reasonable partnerships or collaborations regarding resource sharing?

CC101: Reflection Activity

• Revenues and expenditures at your community college?

CC101: Organizational Structures

Every system in every state has a different organizational structure

• Governance

• CEO, President, Chancellor

• VP’s, CAO, CIO, CFO, Provost

• Deans, Associate and Assistant Deans

• Department Chairs, Managers, Cluster leaders

• Faculty

• Professional staff

CC101: Organizational Departments

• Academic Affairs, Instruction, Learning

• Student Affairs, Student Development, Student Services

• Administrative Services, Financial Services

• Information Technologies, Academic Technology

• Others?


• Who is the most important for what?

• Who are the most influential when?


• When is the right time?

• What are the best ways to maneuver through a community college organization? What are not?


• What are the best means and ways to communicate?

• What to say and what not to say?

• How to say it? And, how not?


• Things to avoid


• Things to remember

CC101: What next?

• Making connections; networks, resources

• Knowing and understanding the CC jargon

CC101: contacts

• Virginia Gonzalez• [email protected]

• Kathi Hiyane-Brown• [email protected]

• Naomi Story• [email protected]

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