2008 AACC Annual Convention Presentations Below are some of the presentations from the 2008 AACC convention. Presentations are listed in chronological order. Some of the presentations are large files and may take several minutes to download. If you have a presentation that you would like posted, please email it to aaccpresentations@gmail.com.  Searching tip: You may also search the page by keyword by using the keyboard short-cut 'Ctrl + F' on your PC or 'Apple key + F" on a Mac.
Friday, April 4 | Saturday, April 5 | Sunday, April 6 | Monday, April 7 | Tuesday, April 8 Friday, April 4 Currently no presentations available online for this day. Saturday, April 5 Preconvention Workshop D: Finance Basics for Successful Leaders (Co-sponsored by the Community College Business Officers and AACC's Future Leaders Institute) 
Aspiring Presidents Schedule
A Guide To Developing a Successful Relationship Between a New Community College President and the Chief Business Officer
BOND SALE UPDATE, PRELIMINARY FINANCING PLAN & RELATED INFORMATION
Case Study Number 1: Financial Report
Case Study Number 2: Funding Capital Projects
Case Study Number 3: General Fund Budget Exercise
Case Study Number 4: IRS Issues
McLennan Community College Annual Financial Report
McLennan Community College Final Bond Sale
Date: Saturday, April 5
Time: 8:30:00 AM - 11:30:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 201-B
Type of Event: Precon Workshop Sunday, April 6 Achieving the Dream: Building a Culture of Evidence and Inquiry to Improve Student Success
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 8:45:00 AM - 9:45:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 204-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: Track: 2 - Student Access, Learning & Success Capital Construction: What Every CEO Should Know
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 8:45:00 AM - 9:45:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 201-C
Type of Event: Forum
Track: Track: 1 - Recognition and Advocacy Community College Support Programs: Bridging the Gap between Minority Student Attrition and Retention
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 112-A
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 2 - Student Access, Learning & Success Community Engagement: An Engine of Equity and Student Success
Community Engagement: An Engine of Equity and Student Success
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 203-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 4 - Diversity & Inclusion Keep Those New Recruits: Applying Proven Retention Techniques To Targeted Populations!
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 112-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 2 - Student Access, Learning & Success The Super Minority Myth: Misconceptions of Asian Americans in Higher Education
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 8:45:00 AM - 9:45:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 204-C
Type of Event: Forum
Track: Track: 2 - Student Access, Learning & Success The Washington State Student Achievement Initiative: Shifting Policy Focus to Access and Success
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 201-A
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 2 - Student Access, Learning & Success California Made it Happen: Instant Collective Bargaining Research with a One-of-a-Kind, Web-Based, Award-Winning Database
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 104-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 3 - Community College Leadership Development Broken Wings Can Fly: Transitioning Dropouts and Other Adult Learners from Noncredit to Credit Classes
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 10:00:00 AM - 11:00:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 106-AB
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 6 - Economic & Workforce Development Encore Careers: Creating Pathways to Education, Health Care, and Social Services for the 50+ Demographic
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 203-A
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 6 - Economic & Workforce Development Implementing Novel Developmental Math Interventions: This ADDS up to Student Success
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 104-A
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 2 - Student Access, Learning & Success Investing in and Learning from Campus Innovations
Integrating Resources and Education Handout
The Nine SSPIRE California Community Colleges and Program Approaches
Faculty Inquiry Groups: Working Together to Improve Student Learning Handout
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 203-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 2 - Student Access, Learning & Success New Insights Into Change Management: How Leaders Can Leverage Their Influence
Specific Example of an Influence Tactic
New Insights on the Influencing Approach to Leadership at Tulsa Community College
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 102-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 3 - Community College Leadership Development Making it Happen: Rebuilding After the Fire
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 204-C
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 3 - Community College Leadership Development The Spellings Commission Report -- General Education and the Humanities
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 4:00:00 PM - 5:00:00 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 102-A
Type of Event: Forum
Track: Track: 1 - Recognition and Advocacy What Presidents Need to Know About the Operation and Management of Athletic Programs
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 204-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 3 - Community College Leadership Development Focus Session: Winning the Skills Race and Strengthening America's Middle Class: An Action Agenda for Community Colleges
Date: Sunday, April 6, 2008
Time: 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 108-AB Community Colleges & Promoting Global Competency and Peacebuilding
Date:Sunday, April 6
Time: 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 203-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 5 - Global & Intercultural Education The Competitive CEO Contract: Make it Happen!
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 204-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 3 - Community College Leadership Development Roundtable #4: Diversity: Meeting Multiple Expectations
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 113-A
Type of Event: Roundtable A Tale of Three Cities: Providing Campus-Based Services to Students from Foster Care
Improving Community College Access and Success for Students from Foster Care
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 102-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 2 - Student Access, Learning & Success Marketing’s Changing Role in Today’s Community College: What Presidents Need to Expect from Marketing Today!
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 105-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 3 - Community College Leadership Development Statewide Community College STEM Initiatives
Forum on Statewide Community College STEM Initiatives
Forum # 30014
Date: Sunday, April 6, 2008
Time: 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 201-C
Track: 6 - Economic & Workforce Development Implementing The Siemens Mechatronic Systems Certification in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 202-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 6 - Economic & Workforce Development First All-Green Campus In The Country
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 201-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 1 - Recognition and Advocacy Plant Closures - Do Our Responses Work?
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 204-A
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 6 - Economic & Workforce Development So You Want to Be an Entrepreneurial Community College President? A Guide to Successful Entrepreneurial Practice
Best Practices Handout
Getting Started Handout
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 204-C
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 3 - Community College Leadership Development Statewide Community College STEM Initiatives
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 2:45:00 PM - 3:45:00 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 201-C
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 6 - Economic & Workforce Development A Next Chapter for Baby Boomer Leaders: Community College Presidents as University Professors
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 204-C
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 3 - Community College Leadership Development Roundtable #5: Beyond Ambassadors: Today's Student Alumni will be Tomorrow's Donors, Advocates and More
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 103-A
Type of Event: Roundtable Roundtable #7: Steering in the Same Direction: The Importance of Academic and Student Affairs Strategic Collaboration to Enrollment Growth and Student Persistence in the Community College
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 104-A
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 3 - Community College Leadership Development Contemporary Film & Curricula for a Diverse World: Discover ITVS Community Cinema & Classroom
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 203-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 4 - Diversity & Inclusion The National Urban League's Project Ready - Increasing Access for Students in Low Socio-Economic Urban Communities
Date: Sunday, April 6
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 111-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 2 - Student Access, Learning & Success Monday, April 7 Expanding Access to Dual Enrollment: Research Findings and Institutional Practice
CCRC Brief - February 2008
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 105-A
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 4 - Diversity & Inclusion Integrating the New York Times into the Community College Classroom
Date: Monday, April 7, 2008
Time: 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 110-AB
Track: 2 - Student Access, Learning & Success Minding the Dream: Making it Happen, Really
Forum # 50019
Date: Monday, April 7, 2008
Time: 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 102-B
Track: 3 - Community College Leadership Development Passing Bond Measures in Conservative Times
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 8:45:00 AM - 9:45:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 201-A
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 1 - Recognition and Advocacy Roundtable #9: Picking Up Where They Left Off - From the Battlefield to the Classroom: Making the Transition to Higher Education
Date: Monday, April 7, 2008
Time: 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 103-A SAAB Tackling the Black, Brown Male Crisis at Community Colleges
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 8:45:00 AM - 9:45:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 107-A
Type of Event: Forum
Track: Track: 4 - Diversity & Inclusion Fast Track to Increased Enrollments--Let Georgia Perimeter College Show You How
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 111-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 2 - Student Access, Learning & Success The Global Initiative: Latin America - Connecting Cultures and Curriculum
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 10:00:00 AM - 11:00:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 106-AB
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 5 - Global & Intercultural Education Leading Academic Change in a Collective Bargaining Environment
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 204-A
Type of Event: Forum Making it Happen: Helping Deaf Students Become Successful College Writers
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 104-A
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 4 - Diversity & Inclusion Pooling Resources for Purchasing Power - A Big Bang for our "Budget Sensitive" Buck
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 112-A
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 1 - Recognition and Advocacy Spotlight Session: The Minority CEO: A Conversation About Diversity, Leadership, and Navigating the Pipeline
Board Stewardship: Putting Values into Action Part 1
Board Stewardship: Putting Values into Action Part 2
The Spectrum Initiative - Advancing Diversity in the College Presidency
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 113-BC
Type of Event: Spotlight Session Positioning Today’s Community Colleges For Tomorrow’s State Economic Development Incentives – Can It Be Done?
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 104-A
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 6 - Economic & Workforce Development Regional Networks That Are More Than Seat Time: Real Work and Real Economic Development by Real Networks
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 111-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 6 - Economic & Workforce Development Roundtable #14: Occupational Supply Demand System
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 113-A
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 6 - Economic & Workforce Development Student Orientations: Their Impact on Online Student Retention and Success
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 102-A
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 2 - Student Access, Learning & Success Climbing the Enrollment Summit – Making GROWTH Happen with an Integrated, Data-Based, Strategic Planning Model
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 111-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 2 - Student Access, Learning & Success Enacting a Multi-Pronged Apporach Toward Improving Academic Achievement of African American Male Student-Athletes
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 102-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 4 - Diversity & Inclusion Shifting Gears – Focus on Graduation
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 106-AB
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 2 - Student Access, Learning & Success Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 110-AB
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 3 - Community College Leadership Development How to Select an IT Leader
Date: Monday, April 7
Time: 4:15:00 PM - 5:15:00 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 111-A
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 3 - Community College Leadership Development Time: 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 112-A
Type of Event: Forum # 90003
Track: 2 - Student Access, Learning & Success Tuesday, April 8 Feeling Your Way Through the Fog: Determing Skills Needed for Jobs That Do Not Yet Exist (Renewable Energy)
Date: Tuesday, April 8
Time: 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 104-A
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 6 - Economic & Workforce Development Leveraging Leaders, Improving Image, Raising Major Investments
Tuesday, April 8 - 8:45:00 AM - 9:45:00 AM
Pennsylvania Convention Center - 108-AB
Forum # 100001
Track: 3 - Community College Leadership Development A Ground-Breaking Model of System-Wide Assessment and Placement
Date: Tuesday, April 8
Time: 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 110-AB
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 2 - Student Access, Learning & Success Succession Planning and The College Leadership Academy – Everyone Wins!
Date: Tuesday, April 8
Time: 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center - 111-B
Type of Event: Forum
Track: 3 - Community College Leadership Development Work-Based Learning: A New Opportunity for Community Colleges
Tuesday, April 8 - 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Pennsylvania Convention Center - 112-B
Forum # 100015
Track: 6 - Economic & Workforce Development
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