League Connections – July 2003 (continued)
HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE:
A VIBRANT PRESENT AND VITAL FUTURE
Two summits this year opened a dialogue about the role of community colleges in
Homeland Security. What emerged was the clear call for community colleges to step
to the forefront with continued and unified training standards and a truly national
system for Homeland Security. Read more...
TWO OUTSTANDING KEYNOTERS ALREADY CONFIRMED FOR INNOVATIONS
2004!
Join your colleagues in San Francisco, February 29-March 3, 2004, and experience
exceptional keynote presentations by Kay McClenney and Greg Sarris at this year’s
Innovations Conference. Read more...
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2003 EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE (ELI)
ELI provides the opportunity for potential community college presidents or those in
transition to review their abilities and interests, refine their skills, and participate in
discussions on leadership with outstanding community college leaders from North
America. Read more...
CCTI SITE PARTNERSHIP SEMINAR
Nearly 100 representatives of the College and Career Transitions Initiative’s (CCTI)
15 site partnership teams attended a seminar June 26-28 in Mesa, Arizona at Mesa
Community College’s new Red Mountain campus. Read more...
LEARNING ON A BUDGET: TRANSFORMING YOUR COLLEGE
WHILE ALIGNING VALUES, MISSION, AND DIMINISHING DOLLARS
The increasing focus on learning and accountability has many community colleges
looking for ways to become more learning centered and to demonstrate to local,
state, and regional stakeholders that learning is indeed occurring on their campuses.
Read more...
HERE'S AN INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY...
...for community college leaders who want to learn how to facilitate rapid,
sustainable, and transformative changes, without resistance, on their campuses
through Appreciative Inquiry. Read more...
LEAGUE RECEIVES GRANT FROM LUMINA FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION
The Lumina Foundation for Education supported planning for the Bridge Partnership
and has now announced a grant to the League for the pilot year of the project. The
Kentucky community colleges and 11 others will partner with high schools in the
project. Read more...
SINCLAIR TEAMS WITH ABC TO OFFER OSHA TRAINING
The Ohio Valley Construction Foundation; the educational foundation of Associated
Builders and Contractors Inc., Ohio Valley Chapter; and Sinclair Community College
have been designated by the U.S. Department of Labor as the Mid America OSHA
Education Center and began offering classes July 14 at ABC’s headquarters in
Springboro, Ohio. Read more...
PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITY RELATED TO URBAN COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Academics, educational researchers, and graduate students who have conducted
research on urban community colleges are welcome to submit manuscripts for a
proposed Academic Exchange Quarterly issue that will examine the success of urban
community college students. Read more...
NEW CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE TICKET TO WORK PROGRAM!
Ticket to Work is a new employment program from the Social Security Administration
that gives many of the disabled students in your schools the opportunity to achieve
long-term steady employment by providing them greater choices and opportunities
to work. Read more...
OCEANS CONNECTING EDUCATION
The Oceans Connecting Education project links community college faculty and K-12
educators in a collaborative environment to use compelling internet-based curricula
that focus on interdisciplinary ocean science topics. Read more...
2003 CAMPUS COMPUTING SURVEY
The 2003 Campus Computing Survey is now under way. The survey is the largest
continuing study of information technology issues in American higher education.
Read more...
BRANDY NAMED VICE CHANCELLOR OF BUSINESS SERVICES
FOR FOOTHILL-DE ANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Mike Brandy, acting vice chancellor of business services for the Foothill-De Anza
Community College District, has been named to the permanent position following an
extensive search and selection process. Read more...
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT BALTIMORE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
WINS STATEWIDE DISTANCE LEARNING AWARD
Chikao Tsubaki, assistant professor of English at Baltimore City Community College,
has been awarded the Distance Course of the Year award for 2003 for his online
English course that combines traditional and online interactive English instruction.
Read more...