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Aligning the Community College Presidency with Student Success

Assesses the looming leadership crisis in the community college presidency and identifies the steps needed to identify, select, and develop a new generation of leaders.

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Publication

11.05.2014
Community Colleges

Using Labor Market Data to Improve Student Success

This guide explains how colleges can improve student labor market success after graduating, offering concrete examples and describing six data sets that colleges can use today.

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Publication

10.28.2014
Community Colleges

Tools to Help Community College Leaders Be Hired (CBD Blog)

Deputy Director Eric Bassett wrote a post for Completion by Design about our Hiring Toolkit and explains why hiring effective college leaders is not only beneficial, but necessary.

BY Josh Wyner

Blog Post

10.10.2014
Community Colleges

Lessons from the Aspen Prize & CBD

Selection Committee member and Site Vistor Dr. Rob Johnstone discusses the ways that CEP's work on the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence can be synthesized with the CBD model to find aspects that can be seen as the "best-in-breed" regarding the community college sector. Read the blog post here.

Blog Post

10.03.2014
Community Colleges

Hiring Exceptional Community College Presidents

These customizable open-access tools are designed to help boards of trustees, search committees, search consultants, and others with a role in selecting community college presidents identify and hire presidents who have the specific set of qualities and abilities needed to lead their institutions to high and improving levels of student success.

BY College Excellence Program

Publication

09.29.2014
Community Colleges

What Makes an Excellent Community College

The Aspen Institute Community Excellence Program announced the 10 finalists for the 2015 #AspenPrize for Community College Excellence. The program's executive director hosted a Twitter chat to celebrate the finalists and share what makes these schools so outstanding for the students and communities.

BY Institute Contributor

Blog Post

09.18.2014
Community Colleges

The College Excellence Program Announces 2015 Aspen Prize Finalists

The finalist list includes several institutions that have rapidly improved student outcomes, including for the fast-growing population of students under-represented in higher education.

BY Josh Wyner

Blog Post

09.04.2014
Community Colleges

Announcing the 2015 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence Finalists

The Aspen Institute is pleased to name 10 community college finalists for the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.

BY Josh Wyner

Blog Post

09.04.2014
Community Colleges

Make College Accessible

Josh Wyner's New York Times opinion piece in response to David Leonhardt's article "The Reality of Student Debt Is Different From the Cliches."

BY Josh Wyner

Blog Post

06.26.2014
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