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Keith Miller, president, Greenville Technical College, S.C.
the best of what is known about how
to do that? We’re pulling together the
tools for colleges—the examples and the
evidence—that would help them know
what to do in order to succeed,” McClenney explains.
The teams met virtually and in-person
over the last few months and will use the
AACC Convention in San Francisco to
share and vet ideas for reform, with the
goal of submitting their findings to the
implementation steering committee early
in 2014. The steering committee will face
the task of synthesizing a formidable
amount of information into an actionable
framework and workable strategies for
community colleges.
Dan Phelan, president of Jackson Community College in Michigan, co-chairs
implementation team seven, which is
committed to helping colleges redefine
their role and function to better adapt
the commission’s recommendations.
“In large measure I think my community college colleagues across the country
recognize that there is a sea change happening,” says Phelan. That change comes
in many forms—new policies; education
technology, such as massive open online
