The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) is a nonprofit educational organization of governing boards, representing more than 6,500 elected and appointed trustees who govern over 1,200 community, technical, and junior colleges in the United States and beyond.

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The Center for Community College Student Engagement, a service and research initiative of the Program in Higher Education Leadership at The University of Texas at Austin, provides important information about effective educational practice in community colleges.

Oct 2 – 5, 2018 ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION AAACE 2018 CONFERENCE.

AACC annual meeting is among the largest and most dynamic gatherings of educational leaders, attracting over 2,000 community college presidents and senior administrators, as well as international educators, representatives of business/industry and federal agencies.

The Southwest Seminar for Great Teaching is unique and unlike most teaching conferences. This seminar is based on the premise that college faculty are a rich resource that needs to be tapped via a format which encourages learning from each other.

The League for Innovation in the Community College is pleased to announce that the 2019 Innovations Conference will be held February 24-27, in New York City. All conference activities will take place at the New York Marriott Marquis. This event is hosted by Borough of Manhattan Community College, Guttman Community College, and LaGuardia Community College.

academic, personal, and career success has never been as important in higher education as it is today. Student persistence to completion has become a component of strategic planning goals at institutions across the globe.

The 2018 conference will be held in Louisville, Kentucky, at the beautiful Galt House Hotel. The conference will focus on Career Pathways implementation at the state and local levels. This year’s theme, Career Pathways: Creating Connections, Building Futures,.

This annual event attracts more than 150 community college administrators, faculty and trustees from all over the U.S. and Canada. Those attending are the decision-makers and leaders of their respective institutions.

The state’s Tennessee Promise scholarship program, which covers tuition for two years at the state’s community and technical colleges for recent high school graduates, has persuaded thousands of residents to enroll in college. It touched off a free college movement that has spread across the country.

Henry Steve Womack (right) has been named Central Carolina Community College Adjunct of the Year. He is pictured with Carl Bryan, CCCC Health & Fitness Science Program Director. Womack currently teaches in the Health & Fitness Science curriculum, providing instruction in prevention and care of athletic injuries.

education just became more accessible for a group of students in Liberia. The computer lab at Nimba County Community College now has 21 new computers, including 14 Dell laptops that once belonged to Mid- Plains Community College in North Platte, Nebraska.

needs, it is essential for nurses to work collaboratively with other members of the healthcare team,” Fontenot said. “Instituting an interprofessional simulation will teach nursing students the critical skill of communication and teamwork with other members of the healthcare team.

For the next 25 years, she worked as a medical lab technician at medical centers, clinics and doctor’s offices. She currently works for Hematology and Oncology Associates of Alabama in Gadsden. With the seed to pursue nursing already planted, she saw a Facebook advertisement about the Nights Online Weekends Program at Gadsden State Cherokee.

serves the Leadership Council of the Open Society Institute-Baltimore and is a board member of the Maryland SPCA, Georgetown University Hoya Hoop Club, and the SEED School of Maryland. She holds a B.A. in Government from Georgetown University and an M.S.W.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is granting only partial loan forgiveness to the vast majority of students approved for help because of fraud by for-profit colleges, according to preliminary Education Department data obtained by The Associated Press.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy speaks during graduation ceremonies inside the Cheshire Correctional Institution in Cheshire, Conn. Eighteen inmates received associate degrees from Middlesex Community college as part of a program with Wesleyan University’s Center for Prison Education.