1. AACC Priorities: Current Trends and Issues in Community Colleges
Walter G. Bumphus, Ph.D.
President and CEO

2. Top of Mind Issues Accreditation ITT Technical Institute Bright lines
Performance
Default Rates
ITT Technical Institute
Student debt
What’s next?

3. Top of Mind Issues continued
Diversity and Inclusion
Charlotte, NC and Tulsa, OK
University of Missouri
Leadership
Transitions
Training for new and seasoned presidents
Executive Coaching
Advocacy
AACC Advocacy Advisory Group

4. About Community Colleges

6. 12.3 million total enrollment at community colleges (Fall 2014)
Source: AACC estimate of non-credit enrollment and AACC analysis of Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) fall 2014 enrollment data, U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics.

7. Association Priorities

8. Association Priorities
America’s College Promise
Post Obama era
Higher Education Reauthorization
Advance K-12 college readiness
Joint collaborative between AACC and AASA
Continued Expansion of Leadership Activities
AACC Pathways Initiative
Right Signals Initiative

9. Trends and Issues

10. Trends and Issues Technology Analytics Pathways initiatives
Credentialing
Enrollment declines

11. What’s on the Horizon for Community Colleges?

12. What’s on the Horizon for Community Colleges
More focus on innovation, diversity and inclusion
A focus on philanthropic support for community colleges
College completion and going to scale with effective practices
Continued focus on serving veterans
Developmental education redesign
Accelerating developmental education
International education
Community colleges offering bachelor’s degrees

13. Questions and Answers