21st-Century Initiative Implementation 

Nine Teams

Nine Implementation Teams have been created to help implement the recommendations of the 21st-Century Commission and to broaden its engagement of the community college field and other key constituents. The teams, comprised of community college experts/former commissioners, are working to evaluate progress made toward implementing the report nationally and to uncover any specific challenges experienced by AACC constituencies. The Nine Implementation Teams are:

• IT#1: Community College Completion Commitment
• IT#2: Re-Imagining Pathways for Students
• IT#3: Community College/K-12 Collaboration for College Readiness
• IT#4: Developmental Education Redesign–Resources for Community Colleges
• IT#5: Closing the Skills Gap
• IT#6: Policy and Advocacy Agenda for Reclaiming the American Dream
• IT#7: Redefining Institutional Roles and Functions
• IT#8: Accountability
• IT#9: Faculty Engagement and Leadership Development

Outreach

AACC will launch a campaign to promote the 21st-Century Commission Report that employs traditional and new media to reach the nation's 1200 community colleges and AACC affiliated councils, government, philanthropy, business and industry, and other stakeholders.

21st-Century Center

The proposed "AACC 21st-Century Center" will utilize Web-based resources/tools and other technologies to deploy 21st-Century Commission recommendations to community colleges and their stakeholders. Materials could be used to provoke discussions with governing boards, faculty and other constituencies, and would include links to evidence-based promising practices, programs, and innovations.