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Community Colleges Council

The Community Colleges Council is a standing council appointed by the NACUBO President in consultation with the regional associations. The Council is established to ensure that issues of specific concern to community colleges are represented and addressed in the development of the association’s strategic goals and plans and in the creation of programs, products, and services for its members. The Community Colleges Council serves as an advisory body to the President and staff by providing feedback and support for the association’s goals and activities as they pertain to the constituency.

Top Needs by Long-Range Strategic Plan Goal as of September 2012 

Goal 1: Equip business officers with the knowledge and resources needed to succeed.

• Provide one-pagers on topics and issues
• Balancing Access - Success - Resources
• Provide guidance on role of CBO in accreditation, especially in assessment

Goal 2: Present the case for the value of higher education and advocate for policies that support colleges and universities.

• Produce short, digestible "Higher Ed Finance for Dummies" publications specific to constituent groups to be shared with faculty and administrators who don't understand higher ed finance
• One-pagers widely distributed that are short and focused on topics and issues
• Provide state-level advocacy, especially on funding models and performance-based funding

Goal 3: Identify new challenges facing higher ed and expand offerings to address future issues.

• Best practices in shared services
• Campus of the Future - Describe collaboration and learning environments, how do you provide for flexible learning environments?
• Best practices in collaboration/contracting with other institutions

Top Issues for 2020 and Beyond

• Addressing open access, completion, enrollment cost, and the definition, calculation, and tracking of successful outcomes
• Reworking the business model
• Online education and for-profit competition
• Accountability and public perception
• Deferred maintenance

Council Members 2012-13

James Lantz (chair)
Vice President for Administrative Services
Montcalm Community College (MI)

Jackie Askin
Vice President for Administrative Services
Chandler-Gilbert Community College (AZ)

David Clark
Executive Vice President
Bismarck State College (ND)

Jacqueline DiMaggio
Vice President for Finance
Greenville Technical College (SC)

Bryan Glatter
Vice Chancellor of Finance and Administration
L.E. Fletcher Technical Community College (LA)

Barbara Larson
Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer
Hillsborough Community College (FL)

Michael Mayher
Senior Vice President of Administrative Services and Treasurer
Lakeland Community College (OH)

Susan Perkins
Vice President, Finance and Administration
Middlesex County College (NJ)

Therese Sampson
Executive Director of Business Services
Atlantic Cape Community College (NJ)

Susan Tavakoli
Vice President, Administrative Services
Estrella Mountain Community College (AZ)

Fred Taylor
Vice President for Finance and Administrative Services
John Tyler Community College (VA)

Michael Unebasami
Associate Vice President for Administrative Affairs
University of Hawaii Community Colleges (HI)

Contact

Randy Roberson
Director, Constituent Programs
202.861.2584
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