“We’re looking for big ideas.”
That’s the task Walter Bumphus, president of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), gave to members of a blue-ribbon steering committee that will explore tangible ways for community college campuses to implement recommendations presented in a high-profile report AACC released this spring.
The initial meeting last week of AACC's 21st-Century Initiative-Implementation Team Steering Committee set the tone for the committee’s work. Each of the committee’s 34 members will work in at least one of nine teams that will address key areas pegged for redesign in the AACC report.