Current Projects and PartnershipsAccess to the Baccalaureate
Contact: Lynn Barnett
Summary: The American Association of Community Colleges and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities are partnering in an important initiative to help more students continue their higher education and earn a bachelor's degree. Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count
Contact: Lynn Barnett
Summary: Lumina Foundation for Education has launched a new initiative to address a national imperative: increasing success for the growing number of students for whom community colleges are the point of entry into higher education, particularly low-income students and students of color. Advanced Technological Education
Contact: Ellen Hause
Summary: The National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program provides grants to improve and expand educational programs that prepare skilled technicians to work in the high-tech fields that drive the U.S. economy. The program is Congressionally mandated and focuses on undergraduate and secondary school education. AACC hosts an annual ATE grant-project directors' conference and sponsors an ATE Mentoring Program for community colleges. America's Promise
Contact: Ellen Hause
Summary: AACC joined America's Promise as the first national higher education association to make a "commitment" to community service. AACC encourages all member colleges to join America's Promise and make a commitment to improve the lives of young people nationwide. Bridges to Healthy Communities 2005
Contact: Quintin Doromal
Summary: The Bridges project features service learning as a core strategy to prevent HIV infection and other important health problems among youth. Center for Workforce and Economic Development
Contact: Carolyn Teich
Summary: The Center for Workforce and Economic Development was established to help community colleges better collaborate with workforce boards, economic development entities, labor market intermediaries, and other community organizations to improve the prosperity of business, workers, and communities. Faces of the Future
Contact: Kent Phillippe
Summary: AACC and partner ACT, Inc., produced the first annual national Faces of the Future Survey, which provides information about credit and noncredit community college students. It explores the role the college plays in the life of the student. Horizons Service Learning Project
Contact: Gail Robinson
Summary: AACC's Community Colleges Broadening Horizons through Service Learning project seeks to integrate service learning across the curriculum through model programs, workshops, publications, and technical assistance. Leading Forward
Contact: Lynn Barnett and Margaret Rivera
Summary: Leading Forward is a W.K. Kellogg Foundation funded project to address the growing leadership gap at America's community colleges. MentorLinks
Contact: Ellen Hause
Summary: The MentorLinks program, developed with the support of the National Science Foundation, is designed for community colleges that could benefit from technical assistance and networking opportunities to improve undergraduate education that prepares technicians in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.
Market-Responsive Community Colleges
Contact: Jim McKenney
Summary: The Center for Workforce Preparation (CWP), in partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges, is developing a comprehensive guide for community colleges and chambers of commerce to create effective workforce development partnerships. New Expeditions
Contact: Lynn Barnett
Summary: New Expeditions set a vision and strategic direction for the nation's community colleges in its report, "The Knowledge Net: Connecting Communities, Learners, and Colleges." The project was co-sponsored by AACC and the Association of Community College Trustees, with funding from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Pathways to College Network
Contact: Jim McKenney
Summary: The Pathways to College Network, an alliance of national organizations including AACC, has issued a challenge to leaders and stakeholders in education to increase their efforts to make a college education a realistic goal for all Americans. A Shared Agenda: A Leadership Challenge to Improve College Access and Success outlines specific actions leaders can take to advance college access and success for the many underserved students in this country. To download the report, or find out more, visit the Pathways to College Network website. Pathways to Technology
Contact: Ellen Hause
Summary: Pathways to Technology is a multimedia project highlighting technology degree programs at community colleges. The Pathways to Technology Web site, video series, recruitment toolkit, and outreach initiative are designed for prospective students, returning students, parents, guidance counselors, and community college educators. The site includes information about technology fields and degree programs, technology jobs, success stories. Plus 50 Initiative
Contact: Mary Sue Vickers
The AACC Plus 50 Initiative is a 3 1/2 year effort to identify a pilot group of two-year institutions that will create or expand campus programs to engage the 50+ population in learning: training/re-training programs; and/or volunteer, civic, service activities. Project Reach: Service Inclusion for Community College Students
Contact: Quintin Doromal or Faith San Felice
Summary: Project Reach is a three-year national initiative of AACC through a grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service and its Engaging Persons with Disabilities, New Special Initiatives Program. Eight community colleges received grant awards to develop opportunities for students with disabilities to participate in service learning and learn life skills that will have an impact on their employment, careers, and personal development. Rural Community College Initiative
Contact: Lynn Barnett
Summary: The Rural Community College Initiative supported by the Ford Foundation, aims to enhance the capacity of community colleges in specific distressed rural areas to expand access to post-secondary education and help foster regional economic development. SBC Excelerator Project
Contact: Frances Villagran-Glover
With support from the SBC Foundation, AACC, in partnership with six community colleges around the country, have designed and implemented information technology (IT) training programs to create a more skilled workforce. Teaching by Choice
Contact: Faith San Felice
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), AACC, in partnership with the National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs (NACCTEP) and the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC), developed Teaching by Choice (TBC): Addressing the National Teacher Shortage. Working Connections IT Faculty Development Institute
Contact: Lynn Barnett
Summary: Microsoft Corporation, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), and Bellevue Community College’s National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (NWCET) have formed an alliance to develop a systematic, nationwide plan for community and technical college faculty development in the field of information technology (IT).
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