ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES

1. ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES

2. ACCT’s Purpose • Enhancethe image and foster greater public appreciation of community colleges and their governing boards. • Supportcommunity college boards in their efforts to govern and develop policies that focus on meeting community needs. • Help community college board leadership and advocacy capacity through education and training programs. • Assist community college boards in the recruitment and retention of chief executive officers of the highest caliber.

3. COMMUNICATION State Coordinators Network MoudyNabulsi Iowa’s State Coordinator The ACCT State Coordinators Network is the link between the Association and it’s member boards. It is designed for two way communication through the State Coordinators.

4. ACCT Board of Directors “ACCESS FOR SUCCESS” Initiative revised the strategic priorities of ACCT for 2010 – 2015

5. “ACCESS FOR SUCCESS” • Focused Vision Major Emphasis • Advocacy • Education Efforts • Partnerships with relevant stakeholder organizations that facilitate shifting from primarily enrollment-driven policies to a balance of traditional policies with student success and completion-oriented policies.

6. “ACCESS FOR SUCCESS” • Focused Vision Major Emphasis • ACCT President & CEO Noah Brown and AACC President & CEO Walter Bumphus meet regularly • AACC – ACCT “Building Capacity To Address Community College Leadership Needs For The 21st Century” • Single Stop USA

7. “ACCESS FOR SUCCESS” • Focused Vision Major Emphasis • AACC “Reclaiming the American Dream” 21st Century Commission on the Future of CC • Pre-Congress symposiums on Student Success 2011 Advancing Board Goals for Student Success 2012 Boston

8. GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE FOR • STUDENT SUCCESS (GISS) • Partnership ACCT, Community College Leadership Program (CCLP), University of Texas at Austin college of Education, and support of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Year one visited Ohio • Year two Washington, Texas, and revisited Ohio • Year three West Virginia and plans to go to Nebraska, Southern California, Florida, and North Carolina

9. Voluntary Framework of Accountability • Partnership with American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the College Board and supported by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Lumina Foundation for Education. • Formed to lead the nation’s community colleges to greater system of accountability. • 70 colleges beta-tested the first data elements Western Iowa Tech being one of them. The tool is now available to all community colleges.

10. ADVOCACY • Stand Up for Pell Grants Campaign $17 billion • Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training grant (TAA CCCTG) $500 million/year for 4 years focused on dislocated and unemployed workers. • Community College to Career Fund $8 billion 3 year investment placing 2 million skilled workers in high-demand jobs. • President Obama included a proposed $5 billion for community college modernization in his American Jobs Act.

11. ADVOCACY publicpolicy@acct.org LAW Alert in the subject line www.twitter.com/CCTrustees www.facebook.com/CCTrustees

12. ACCT Meetings/Events • National Legislative Summit (NLS) • Shift to a Tuesday through Thursday format • First ever Capitol Hill forum featured Congressional leaders • Registration fee remained frozen at 2007 levels • Marriott Marquis Hotel opening downtown Washington D.C. in 2014 relocate there in 2018

13. ACCT Meetings/Events • ACCT Congress • Boston 2012 • Seattle 2013 • Chicago 2014 • San Diego 2015 • New Orleans 2016 • Las Vegas 2017 • New York 2018 • San Francisco 2019

14. Jean Torgeson ACCT Chair Elect 641.420.1597 jeant1562@hotmail.com