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BUDGET ALERT! YOUR ACTION IS NEEDED!
Attention ACCCA Members – We Need Your Help to Restore $80 Million in Community College Funding.
The Senate and Assembly budget subcommittees have completed their work on the 2007-08 community college budget. The budget adopted by the respective houses will now be reconciled in the budget conference committee. Based on the actions of the budget subcommittees, ACCCA is encouraging its members to support the Assembly’s version of the community college budget. Read the rest of this entry »
posted by Susan Bray on May 30th, 2007
Graduate into May with the Latest Edition of ACCCA Reports
In this edition, find out:
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How colleges are improving their Basic Skills instruction
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Why the state wants to know how much unfunded retiree health liability your district is facing, and why you should care
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The latest on accountability legislation, and other legislative updates
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Who’s running for the ACCCA Board
Click here for these stories and more!
posted by Erin Curtis on May 17th, 2007
ACCCA Reports April Edition
The April 2007 ACCCA Reports is here! Get all the news that’s fit to print by clicking here, and read all about the following:
- System Office and College PR Pros Unite to Get the ARCC Message Right
- ACCCA Advocate Arnold Bray Reports on Latest Legislative Challenges to 75/25 and 50% Law
- Research Pros Analyze and Compare Three Separate Reports on Community College Performance
posted by Erin Curtis on April 20th, 2007
April 17, 2007 Under the Dome
New legislative information is available from ACCCA Advocate Arnold Bray.
Click here to download Under the Dome. Some of this week’s highlights include:
- More on Assessing Community College Performance
- Governing Board Accountability
- Retiree Benefit Liability - Commission Update
posted by Erin Curtis on April 17th, 2007
April 9, 2007 Under the Dome
New articles are available from ACCCA advocate Arnold Bray.
Click on the links below and get the latest.
posted by Erin Curtis on April 9th, 2007
Under the Dome Articles - March 30, 2007
New articles have been posted by Arnold Bray, ACCCA advocate.
Click here to read the latest, including:
- Compton Community College Fraud Audit Released
- Report Issued on Minors on Community College Campuses
- Can the BOG Require Colleges to Use Standardized Assessment Tests?
posted by Erin Curtis on March 31st, 2007
Spring Forward with the March Edition of ACCCA Reports!
In this issue:
- Conference Wrap-Up - Missed the conference this year? Find out why you’ve got to make plans to make it next year. Check out your friends in professional development action with bonus conference photos on the ACCCA Web site.
- ACCCA’s 2007-08 Legislative Agenda
- Conflict of Interest - ’tis the season to fill out those FPPC forms again - ACCCA Reports investigates why these forms are required, and finds resources to help administrators fill them out correctly
- Considering a run for the ACCCA Board? Find out how to throw your hat in the ring.
Click here to read the newsletter.
posted by Erin Curtis on March 22nd, 2007
ACCCA Legislative Report
Arnold Bray, ACCCA Advocate, has provided a list of bills that have been introduced that are of interest to community college administrators.
Click here to read the bill summaries.
posted by Erin Curtis on March 15th, 2007
Just in time for the ACCCA annual conference, the February edition of ACCCA Reports is here!
In this issue, get the latest on professional development topics, including:
- Sessions and workshops at the ACCCA conference that can help boost your career
- The search for CEOs: find out what California is doing to bring along the next generation of administrative leaders and fill more than 30 currently open CEO slots
- ACCCA Mentor Program – yet another specialized professional development opportunity from ACCCA
- Meet the Board of Governors – meet Rose Guilbault, a former community college student and one of the newest members of the BOG
Download here.
posted by Erin Curtis on February 18th, 2007
Taking Your Chances on the Enrollment Trends Wheel of Fortune Or “And the Lucky Number Is…!”
By Kevin O’Connor
Every community college administrator knows what it’s like to take spin on the enrollment wheel of 
fortune. The unpredictability of enrollments hits everyone at a community college. For students, there’s the perennial worry that a much-needed class will be closed, canceled, or left unscheduled. For the faculty, especially part-timers, the threat of losing a course due to low enrollments looms. Read the rest of this entry »
posted by Erin Curtis on September 22nd, 2006
