College Promise | Second Chance Pell | Transfer Pathways SPRING 2019 Capitol Connections Community college leaders convene in Washington as momentum grows for change. AWARDS PROGRAM ACCT’s awards program is designed to recognize and honor outstanding community college trustees, equity programs, presidents, faculty members, and professional board staff REGIONAL AWARDS members at regional and national levels. In order to be considered Trustee Leadership for an Association Award, you must first submit a Equity nomination at the regional level. Chief Executive Officer The Awards committees will select and notify the Awards Faculty Member recipients prior to the ACCT Leadership Congress. ACCT’s Awards Professional Board Staff Member recipients will be honored at the 2019 ACCT Leadership Congress this October in San Francisco, California. ASSOCIATION AWARDS Visit www.acct.org for specific nomination criteria and to submit M. Dale Ensign Trustee Leadership nominations online. Charles Kennedy Equity Marie Y. Martin CEO Call 202.775.4667 with any questions. William H. Meardy Faculty Member All nominations must be received by June 10, 2019. Professional Board Staff Member WWW.ACCT.ORG NOMINATIONS DUE 2019 JUNE10 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018-2019 From the Chair CHAIR Connie Hornbeck Iowa Western Community College, IA Setting Goals, Keeping Promises CHAIR-ELECT Dawn Erlandson IN 2016, THE ACCT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AWARDS Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, MN created a “2020 Vision,” a set of strategic priorities VICE CHAIR for the association that, we hoped, would take David Mathis Mohawk Valley Community College, NY root among our membership. This vision sets SECRETARY-TREASURER two big goals: to advance student success and James Cooksey completion strategies, and to prepare trustees for Moberly Area Community College, MO the evolution of the community college. IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR At the time, one specific objective seemed lofty, PROGRAM Emily Yim Edmonds Community College, WA perhaps even unattainable — but worth striving toward nonetheless: advocating for universal ACCT’s awards program is designed to recognize and honor access to community college as the 21st century CENTRAL REGIONAL CHAIR outstanding community college trustees, equity programs, John Lukas equivalent to the universal public K-12 movement presidents, faculty members, and professional board staff Lakeshore Technical College, WI a century ago. NORTHEAST REGIONAL CHAIR President and CEO J. Noah Brown joined members at regional and national levels. In order to be considered Hector Ortiz the College Promise Campaign National Advisory Board, and ACCT took the lead for an Association Award, you must first submit a Harrisburg Area Community College, PA on developing a College Promise toolkit in coordination with the College Promise REGIONAL AWARDS nomination at the regional level. PACIFIC REGIONAL CHAIR John Leal Campaign and the American Association of Community Colleges to help trustees and Trustee Leadership State Center Community College District, CA Equity presidents understand the movement and, if they chose, to participate in it. The Awards committees will select and notify the Awards SOUTHERN REGIONAL CHAIR Tamela Cullens When the Promise began, it was considered radical across the board. At the time, Chief Executive Officer recipients prior to the ACCT Leadership Congress. ACCT’s Awards South Florida State College, FL only 53 College Promise programs existed in the country. As of 2018, there were more recipients will be honored at the 2019 ACCT Leadership Congress WESTERN REGIONAL CHAIR than 200 College Promise programs operating in 44 states, including 23 statewide Faculty Member Kent Miller this October in San Francisco, California. Mid-Plains Community College, NE programs. It has become so mainstream that “free community college” is a key talking point leading into the 2020 presidential primaries. I am highlighting the success of this campaign because as the chair of ACCT’s board Professional Board Staff Member Visit www.acct.org for specific nomination criteria and to submit Dan Altmayer of directors, I am proud and excited to see what we can accomplish together. I’m also nominations online. Highline College, WA Rose Benavidez highlighting it for another reason. ASSOCIATION AWARDS South Texas College, TX When we set a goal, we make a promise. One of my goals as ACCT Chair was to Call 202.775.4667 with any questions. Stephan Castellanos give long-overdue attention to Second Chance Pell Grants, which give incarcerated M. Dale Ensign Trustee Leadership San Joaquin Delta College, CA Charles Kennedy Equity individuals access to college education as a way to address human, social justice, social All nominations must be received by June 10, 2019. Judy Chen Haggerty Marie Y. Martin CEO Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee Chair safety, and economic concerns. I am proud and excited, again, to say that we’re making Mt. San Antonio College, CA good on this promise. Edwin Dalrymple In this issue, you’ll read about a presentation during the 2019 Community College William H. Meardy Faculty Member Central Piedmont Community College, NC Tim Hardy National Legislative Summit and a standing-room-only briefing to Capitol Hill staffers Professional Board Staff Member Louisiana Community & Technical College System, LA that followed, with demonstrated evidence that in-prison college transforms lives, fills William Kelley workforce gaps, and improves recidivism significantly. We’re also recording In the Harper College, IL Gregory Knott Know with ACCT podcast episodes on the issue, beginning with an interview with 2019 Parkland College, IL Shon Holman, a graduate student at Eastern Tennessee State University whose life was Larry Meyer transformed by an opportunity to participate in higher education through a community Lansing Community College, MI WWW.ACCT.ORG college while incarcerated. During his presentation on Capitol Hill, Shon reminded the Dan Mims San Jacinto College, TX lawmakers and their staffs why these students are worth it: “I made a mistake,” he said, Rosaelena O’Neil “but I am not a mistake.” Northern Virginia Community College, VA I hope that you’ll follow along as we pursue this important issue, and ask us for more Bernie Rhinerson San Diego Community College District, CA information if you’re not familiar with Second Chance Pell and how offering incarcerated Alton Smith people opportunities to pursue higher education can save their lives and benefit society. NOMINATIONS DUE Lone Star College System, TX Dennis Troy Bladen Community College, NC Gilbert Wong CONNIE HORNBECK Foothill-De Anza Community College District, CA TRUSTEE, IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE JUNE10 TRUSTEE QUARTERLY SPRING 2019 1 TRUSTEE QUARTERLY The Voice of Community College Leaders From the President & CEO SPRING 2019 Editorial Team EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Successful Partnerships, Successful Students J. Noah Brown President & CEO THIS FEBRUARY, WE AWARDED THE NATIONAL MANAGING EDITOR Education Service Award to Senators Tim Kaine David Conner Director of Strategic Communications (D-Va.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) for their EDITOR joint effort to expand the Pell Grant program Mark Toner and introduce the Jumpstart Our Businesses by CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Supporting Students (JOBS) Act. It’s no secret that Jacob Bray Associate Writer these are polarizing times, but as community college Norma Goldstein advocates, it’s essential to recognize that access to Director of GISS and Special Projects higher education and the success of all students is a Jee Hang Lee Vice President of Public Policy and External Relations bipartisan cause that still unites us all. Allison Beer After Kaine received his award, he invited all the Senior Policy Analyst students present to the front of the ballroom. He Ira Michael Shepard wanted to meet them. April is Community College ACCT Legal Counsel Month, and we at ACCT also are committed to EDITORIAL ASSOCIATES Karen Lomax soliciting students’ voices more than ever. This issue of Trustee Quarterly is packed Executive Coordinator to the President and Board of Directors with information that will help you govern your institutions — informed by students’ Indya Rogers experiences. I hope that you’ll read it from cover to cover. Information Services Specialist More students than ever attended the 2019 Community College National Legislative DESIGN & PRODUCTION Summit (page 12). Many are student trustees. Two, Shon Holman and January www.moiremarketing.com – Washington, D.C. Newport, had the opportunity to begin taking community college courses while incarcerated. Both are evidence that Second-Chance Pell, which would restore funding YOUR OPINION MATTERS CONTACT: to incarcerated students for the first time since 1994, is a worthwhile and necessary David Conner investment. Read more about them on page 18. (866) 895-ACCT (2228) One way our sector has emphasized its commitment to the principle of educational [email protected] access has been the historic College Promise Campaign — a movement that has catalyzed TRUSTEE QUARTERLY (ISSN 0271-9746) is published an awakening that higher education is necessary and should be available to everyone. three or four times per year as a membership service of A 1948 commission to President Harry S. Truman recommended making two years of the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT). ACCT is a not-for-profit educational organization of community college available, tuition free, to all Americans. Our board committed to governing boards of public