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THECB Conference Agenda Agenda for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 2009 Texas Higher Education Leadership Conference -- Accelerating Closing the Gaps: Making Opportunity More Affordable for Texas and Texans. The conference is December 3-4, 2009, at Westin City Center Hotel (Cambridge Room) Dallas, Texas.
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ACTT Meeting Photos Photos of CCATT officers from the 2009 meeting of the American Association of Community Colleges
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Counseling & Community Colleges Comments by Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro on how counseling fits into the picture of getting students to succeed in community colleges, and in getting full information about what is being accomplished.
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Pro-community-college editorial An op-ed piece in the 8/14/09 Dallas Morning News talks about how "Two-Year College Could Change Your Life".
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Texas Lyceum articles on CCs The Education section of the July 2009 issue of the TL Journal is mainly articles by community-college leaders: Steve Kinslow, John Rouche, and Walter Bumphus.
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TIME on Community Colleges An extensive article on community colleges mentioning Austin Community College's programs for "green collar" jobs
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New Dallas CC Campus Supportive editorial about DCCCD's new Eastfield campus.
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Steve Kinslow presentation The slides from a talk about Texas community-college issues by Austin Community College President Steve Kinslow
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Arne Duncan Testimony U.S. Education Secretary testifies to a Senate committee, urging higher Pell Grants and praising community colleges as "a highly under-utilized, undervalued resource".
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LBB letter about appropriations An explanation from the LBB higher-education analyst of the status of the appropriations process as related to community colleges.
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District-level appropriation status This document from the Legislative Budget Board shows (in its pages after the first-page summary) what the respective implications of House and Senate budgets are at the level of each Texas community-college district.
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DCCD Legislative Testimony Testimony by Dallas Chancellor Dr. Wright L. Lassiter, Jr. to the House Appropriations Committee
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Sample Joining Resolution An example (from Austin CC) of a Board resolution initiating membership in CCATT
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CCATT Application Form for use by Texas community colleges who wish to become members of the new statewide community-college trustees organization
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CCATT Announcement Letter Invitation to the Boards of all Texas Community Colleges to join this new statewide trustee/regents organization
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Gardner Legislative Presentation THECB powerpoint presentation on progress toward Closing The Gaps goals
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Paredes Legislative Presentation THECB powerpoint presentation on Texas community-college performance, with policy and funding recommendations
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Texas enrollment up 4.4% Fall 2008 San Antonio Express-News article by Melissa Ludwig describing expanded college enrollment
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2008 Community College Issues An expanded outline of the issues that Texas community colleges are facing
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CCATT Legislative Priorities What CCATT thinks are the most important issues for the 2009 Texas Legislature to deal with.
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CCATT Bylaws The governance rules for the Community College Association of Texas Trustees
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Why Not Community College? A positive article from Forbes magazine by a big-company CEO.
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Legislative Testimony August 2008 Planned testimony by CCATT leaders to the Committee on Finance of the Texas Senate
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TACC Legislative Priorities the primary requests that TACC is making of the 81st Legislature, with supporting background information
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Office of Vocational and Adult Education An office of the U. S. Department of Education, whose website reports many federal items related to community colleges
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Closing The Gaps A page on the THECB website with links to the plan and its revisions and supporting materials.
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Texas College Readiness Standards A THECB report on readiness standards, published January 2008
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ACC Tuition Policy Principles An explanation of why Austin Community College charges students residing outside its taxing district more than twice as much, examining arguments for and against this approach.
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Austin Policy Model Describes the implementation of policy governance by the Austin Community College Board of Trustees.
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John Carver The management consultant whose book "Boards That Make A Difference" is the basis of the operations of many community-college boards.
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USA Today Article Positive July 2008 community-college article
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TACC The Texas Association of Community Colleges
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ACCT The national association of community-college trustees.
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Texas Legislature Online The central web page for information about the Texas Legislature. This includes contact information for each senator and representative, up-to-date reports on bills during sessions, hearing schedules, and lists of committee assignments.
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