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...