Articles from the 2025 annual American Association of Community Colleges convention April 12-16 in Nashville, Tennessee.
AACC Awards of Excellence winners
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — About four years ago, in the midst of the Covid pandemic, Long Beach City College held a student climate survey to gauge how its students were doing. The results were “devastating,” according to Superintendent-President Mike Muñoz.
The next frontier of Pathways
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Community College 3.0 is focusing on access, retention and post-college success
Building a relationship with the community
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In 2014, a community scan conducted by Harper College revealed that people in Harper’s service area didn’t feel connected to the college. That feedback spurred Harper to create a community relations program and a community relations manager position.
A playbook for presidents new to the job
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — How three fairly new community college presidents approached their decision to aim for the top leadership spot and what they did over their first 100 days as CEO.
Ky. taps data mapping to improve business partnerships
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When the Kentucky Community & Technical College System wanted to get a better understanding of the partnerships its 16 colleges had with business and industry, it launched a systemwide “mapping” initiative in spring 2022.
‘Community’ actors get real — sort of
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — ‘Community’ actors Ken Jeong and Joel McHale spill the beans about their lives and careers, challenges and all.
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Below are earlier published articles that were based on sessions that were part of AACC 2025 annual convention.
