Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Mickey Mouse and the 21st Century College

Just back from Orlando, Florida where, unfortunately, I didn't get to meet Mickey Mouse and, in fact, didn't even make it across the street to visit his home, Disney World!!  Instead, I was functionally confined to the hotel where the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) was convening its 92nd Annual Conference.  (Yes, I know......  poor planning on my part!)

The Conference theme was "21st Century Vision: Igniting Innovation" and, to "ignite" that vision, AACC used the Conference as a platform from which to release it's landmark "21st Century Report" entitled "Reclaiming the American Dream."  In it are an ambitious set of recommendations for how our community colleges can - and need to - play a leading role in this "reclamation" work, and I invite you to read it (or, at least read the Executive Summary - the first 13 pages).  You can see a copy of the Report at

http://www.aacc.nche.edu/AboutCC/21stcenturyreport/index.html

Bottom line - - we certainly have our work cut out for us but, as you read the Report, you will see that we at LBCC are already well on our way!

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