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When American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) President
and CEO Walter G. Bumphus announced the release of AACC’s
“Reclaiming the American Dream: Community Colleges and the Nation’s
Future” report last spring, he made a promise to community college
leaders: This report would not sit idle on the shelf.
As community college leaders gather in San Francisco, April 20–23, for AACC’s
93rd Annual Convention, Bumphus and the 38 other community college presidents
and leaders who comprise AACC’s 21st-Century Commission on the Future of
Community Colleges have sought to make good on that pledge. The association
has appointed nine implementation teams tasked with bridging the bold ideas and
recommendations in the report (for a full list, see sidebar on page 33) with the
practical understanding necessary to implement lasting reform. >>
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