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U.S. Push for Free Online Classes: Community colleges and high schools would receive federal funds to create free, online courses in a program that is in the final stages of being drafted by the Obama administration.  By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed.

Building Up Job Training: Community colleges are thrilled that President Obama is planning a major infusion of federal support for their job training programs, and they are talking about how this might best be done. By David Moltz, Inside Higher Ed.

Trustee Troubles:
Plenty of community college presidents say they know board members like those described in The Rogue Trustee: The Elephant in the Room. By David Moltz, Inside Higher Ed.

Graduates get advice straight from the front lines by Diana D'Amico, Press of Atlantic City.


RELEASE: May 22, 2009: ACCT President and CEO J. Noah Brown Gives Commencement Address at Atlantic Cape Community College (N.J.)

Click here to read J. Noah Brown's commencement address to the graduates of Atlantic Cape Community College.

Who Are Community College Trustees? 
A new survey presents a detailed profile of the local and state boards that govern the nation’s community colleges. Today’s trustees are wealthier, their boards are smaller and fewer have term limits than some educators and researchers have thought.

Updating Rules and Measures: Leaders Push for a New Approach to Measuring Performance by Paul Bradley Community College Week

Bursting at the Seams: As enrollments soar, some colleges offer round-the-clock classes—and still run out of space by Lawrence Biemiller Chronicle of Higher Education
A TRADEOFF WORTH MAKING: To "put students first," Milwaukee technical college unions voluntarily forgo annual pay raise rather than take furloughs; in exchange, administration commits to no layoffs for community colleges.

CALIFORNIA CALAMITY: After state voters nix a budget bailout, one community college district prepares to do what two-year institutions always try to avoid -- turn away students.

TRANSFER, TEXAS STYLE: Educators in Lone Star State trade ideas on how to get more community college students into four-year programs.

HOME DISSECTION KITS: A new approach allows community colleges to expand distance education programs.

SPECIAL SAUCE FOR ESL: How McDonald's and a community college professor teamed up to teach English to growing immigrant population.

DID YOU KNOW?

Trustee leadership resulted in achieving the largest increase in Pell Grant funding in five years - increasing the maximum grant to $4,310, or a $260 increase. One-third of the students attending community colleges receive Pell Grants; combined federal investment for community college students now exceeds $6 billion annually.

Why ACCT? The Assocation of Community College Trustees (ACCT) is a non-profit educational organization of governing boards, representing elected and appointed trustees who govern over 1,200 community, technical, and junior colleges in the United States.

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