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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. Details
ACTT Meeting Photos   Photos of CCATT officers from the 2009 meeting of the American Association of Community Colleges Details
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. Details
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". Details
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. Details
TIME on Community Colleges   An extensive article on community colleges mentioning Austin Community College's programs for "green collar" jobs Details
New Dallas CC Campus   Supportive editorial about DCCCD's new Eastfield campus. Details
Steve Kinslow presentation   The slides from a talk about Texas community-college issues by Austin Community College President Steve Kinslow Details
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". Details
LBB letter about appropriations   An explanation from the LBB higher-education analyst of the status of the appropriations process as related to community colleges. Details
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. Details
DCCD Legislative Testimony   Testimony by Dallas Chancellor Dr. Wright L. Lassiter, Jr. to the House Appropriations Committee Details
Sample Joining Resolution   An example (from Austin CC) of a Board resolution initiating membership in CCATT Details
CCATT Application   Form for use by Texas community colleges who wish to become members of the new statewide community-college trustees organization Details
CCATT Announcement Letter   Invitation to the Boards of all Texas Community Colleges to join this new statewide trustee/regents organization Details
Gardner Legislative Presentation   THECB powerpoint presentation on progress toward Closing The Gaps goals Details
Paredes Legislative Presentation   THECB powerpoint presentation on Texas community-college performance, with policy and funding recommendations Details
Texas enrollment up 4.4%   Fall 2008 San Antonio Express-News article by Melissa Ludwig describing expanded college enrollment Details
2008 Community College Issues   An expanded outline of the issues that Texas community colleges are facing Details
CCATT Legislative Priorities   What CCATT thinks are the most important issues for the 2009 Texas Legislature to deal with. Details
CCATT Bylaws   The governance rules for the Community College Association of Texas Trustees Details
Why Not Community College?   A positive article from Forbes magazine by a big-company CEO. Details
Legislative Testimony August 2008   Planned testimony by CCATT leaders to the Committee on Finance of the Texas Senate Details
TACC Legislative Priorities   the primary requests that TACC is making of the 81st Legislature, with supporting background information Details
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 Details
Closing The Gaps   A page on the THECB website with links to the plan and its revisions and supporting materials. Details
Texas College Readiness Standards   A THECB report on readiness standards, published January 2008 Details
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. Details
Austin Policy Model   Describes the implementation of policy governance by the Austin Community College Board of Trustees. Details
John Carver   The management consultant whose book "Boards That Make A Difference" is the basis of the operations of many community-college boards. Details
USA Today Article   Positive July 2008 community-college article Details
TACC   The Texas Association of Community Colleges Details
ACCT   The national association of community-college trustees. Details
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. Details

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