As AACC works to address current and future challenges, the AACC board sought an external, deeply informed scan of the likely future environment within which colleges will need to operate. The Board of Directors contracted with National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), a nonprofit policy organization to prepare the report and the supplemental collateral. To produce this report, NCHEMS scoured related literature and news articles anticipating the challenges ahead, conducted an extensive analysis of relevant data, and interviewed a wide range of experts to capture their perspectives about the future conditions community colleges will face and judgments about how they might most effectively respond.
The Board will be advancing this work as a call to action for the nation’s community colleges to better understand what is coming for their college and students and will serve to inform the future work of the association.
Report
Toolkits
- About Resilient by Design – A Letter from the AACC Board (PDF)
- Resilient by Design Campus Discussion Guide (PDF)
- Resilient by Design Campus Facilitator Guide (PDF)
- Resilient by Design Community Partners Discussion Guide (PDF)
- Resilient by Design Community Partners Facilitator Guide (PDF)
- Resilient by Design System and State Discussion Guide (PDF)
- Resilient by Design System and State Facilitator Guide (PDF)
Leigh Goodson, Ph.D.
President & CEO
Tulsa Community College, OK
2025–26 Chair, AACC Board of Directors
Russell Lowery-Hart, Ph.D.
Chancellor
Austin Community College District, TX
Sunita “Sunny” Cooke, Ph.D.
Superintendent/President, MiraCosta College, CA
Past Chair, AACC Board of Directors