Leadership

Snapshots

Photos of member institutions of the American Association of Community Colleges. Willie L. Todd, Jr., (left), president of Denmark Technical College, chats with U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, who visited the South Carolina college last week,…



A Fight Club mentality to cyber security

“The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club.” What? Where’s the fight? The fight is happening on every college network. Malware, phishing, denial-of-service attacks, SQL injections, zero-day exploits, DNS…


Newsmakers

New CEO Susan Kazama has been named the next Hawaii Community College (HCC) chancellor, effective July 19, after serving as interim chancellor since July 1, 2023. She previously was program coordinator for continuing education at…


Reporter’s notebook

House committee’s GOP targets apprenticeship regs Education for workforce development a focus for new NGA chair San Diego district to place $3.5B bond measure on ballot House committee’s GOP targets apprenticeship regs A few days…


Preparing for disaster

Just hours after the August 8, 2023, wildfires began raging across the Island of Maui, University of Hawaii Maui College Chancellor Lui Hokoana received a phone call asking for help. The college operates a highly…


Reporter’s notebook

Foxx tells federal agencies to review, curb recent regs Holding steady on tuition Foxx tells federal agencies to review, curb recent regs The chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee wants the Biden…


Helping students fight opioid addiction

Bret Frazier’s first attempt at attending community college ran aground due to his opioid addiction. “My goal was to have fun and party, and meet people who were like-minded,” he says. “I had two semesters…


Welcome to the (legal) jungle

The mission of community colleges is clear: To provide an accessible and affordable education while acting as a workforce development source for a country in need of skilled labor. Yet, a distinct set of values…


Cooke heads AACC board of directors

Sunita “Sunny” Cooke, president/superintendent of California’s MiraCosta College District, became chair of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) board of directors on July 1, succeeding Ava Parker, president of Palm Beach State College (Florida)….