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Background
The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) Trust Fund Board was established by the ACCT Board of Directors for the purpose of financing projects pertaining to the education and training of community college and technical institution governing board members.
ACCT is a nonprofit educational organization of governing boards, representing more than 6,500 elected and appointed trustees who govern over 1,200 community, technical, and junior colleges in the United States. These community professionals, business officials, public policy leaders and leading citizens offer their time and talent to serve on the governing boards of this nation’s most innovative higher education institutions and make decisions that affect more than 11 million students annually. ACCT, governed by a 26-member board of directors, is committed to its mandate of service to trustees. The Association offers trustee education and development programs, research and publications, extensive board services, and public policy advocacy.
Purpose of Grant
The ACCT Trust Fund Board Grant was created in 2007 for the purpose of funding a project that focuses on programs and/or activities of national interest to ACCT member boards and individual trustees. The objectives of the ACCT Trust Fund Board Grant are:
1. Financial Support for projects that initiate, enrich or support innovative programs or activities created for the specific purpose of engaging and improving community college governance;
2. Recognition for
ACCT member institutions that have demonstrated a specific interest in
and support of community college board programs and activities;
3.
Enriching ACCT’s service to trustees through the contribution of new
ideas that can be shared with our community college trustee membership.
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All application materials are due by Friday, December 4, 2009.
ACCT Congratulates
The Illinois Community College Trustee Association
Recipient of the Second Annual ACCT Trust Fund Board Grant
ICCTA's Trustee Media Training Project has three major objectives:
- To prepare Illinois's 273 community college trustees to become effective media "ambassadors" via one-on-one communication skills coaching, videotaped mock interviews, and seminars with media experts;
- To assist in orienting newly elected and appointed trustees to their role as public community college board members and gain a broader perspective of the events and trends affecting the students and communities they serve; and
- To create a statewide Trustees Speakers Bureau to promote awareness of community colleges.
The $10,000 award will be presented during the 40th Annual ACCT Community College Leadership Congress in San Francisco this October 7-10. ACCT will begin soliciting grant proposals in mid-2009 for the third-annual Trust Fund Board Grant.
2008 Trust Fund Board Grant Recipient
Dallas County Community College District
For the first annual ACCT Trust Fund Board Grant, Trust Fund Board members were keenly interested in receiving submissions focusing on board and trustee development, and on advancing effective governance. Additionally, the Trust Fund Board sought submissions that were both innovative and worthy of national recognition and dissemination. Trust Fund Board members individually reviewed proposals submitted and evaluated each based on a point scale measurement process. The award’s process was arduous and the end result was that Dallas County Community College District’s (DCCCD) submission was extremely well received and eloquently addresses both the criteria and spirit of the grant award.
Since having received the grant, DCCCD has implemented its plan to publish and disseminate monthly newsletters, called "Board Briefs."
Board Briefs is a series of newsletters that serve as orientation and refresher courses for new and veteran trustees. While Board Briefs is written for DCCCD trustees, their format and content may be adapted by other community colleges.
Each issue of Board Briefs has a theme, such as the history of community colleges, taxation and tax policy, affordability and state regulations.
Board Briefs Issues
DCCCD Board of Trustees Board Briefs are available in PDF format. If you don’t already have Adobe Reader on your computer, download a free copy now.
2008 Issues
June, Volume 1, Issue 1: Community College History (PDF - 227KB)
July, Volume 1, Issue 2: Highlights from DCCCD's History (PDF - 475KB)
August, Volume 1, Issue 3: Taxing and Tax Policy (PDF - 104KB)
September, Volume 1, Issue 4: Affordability (PDF - 245KB)
October, Volume 1, Issue 5: The Role of States (PDF - 173KB)
November, Volume 1, Issue 6: Personnel: Structures, Issues and Policies (PDF - 190KB)
December, Volume 1, Issue 7: Property and Physical Plant (PDF - 693KB)
2009 Issues
January, Volume 1, Issue 8: Educational Quality: A Key Board Role (PDF - 109.95KB)
February, Volume 1, Issue 9: Developmental Education (PDF - 272KB)
March, Volume 1, Issue 10: Job-Related Education (PDF - 308.82KB)
April, Volume 1, Issue 11: Transfer Education (PDF - 231KB)
May, Volume 1, Issue 12: Student Life (PDF - 235.03KB)
June, Volume 1, Issue 13: Student Retention (PDF - 104.77KB)
July, Volume 1, Issue 14: Financial Management, Part 1 of 2 (PDF - 141.73KB)
August, Volume 1, Issue 15: Accreditation (PDF - 167.21KB)
September, Volume 1, Issue 16: Texas Higher Education Plan (PDF - 1.38MB)
October, Volume 1, Issue 17: Effective Trusteeship (PDF - 94.91KB)
November, Volume 1, Issue 18: Legal Issues in Community Colleges (PDF - 130.49KB)
December, Volume 1, Issue 19: Risk Management (PDF - 160.71KB)
2010 Issues
January, Volume 1, Issue 20: Trustees' Advocacy Role (PDF - 253KB)
February, Volume 1, Issue 21: Policy Issues and Stewardship (PDF - 98KB)
March, Volume 1, Issue 22: Financial Management Part 2 of 2 (PDF - 88KB)
April, Volume 1, Issue 23: Financial Condition (PDF - 95KB)
May, Volume 1, Issue 24: Making Board Room an Oasis (PDF - 133KB)
June, Volume 2, Issue 1: Community College History (PDF - 164KB)
July, Volume 2, Issue 2: Highlights from DCCCD's History (PDF - 516KB)
Questions?
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