Redesigning America’s Community College is an in-depth look at the current state of America’s community colleges and how various political forces have converged to catalyze fundamental changes within the community college system. One of the major political forces sweeping higher education has been the relatively recent movement to inject and infuse accountability and outcome measures into the higher education apparatus - particularly affecting community colleges. The open access mission hardwired into community colleges’ DNA has not always served those who came to higher education woefully under prepared. Too many students drop out before achieving any degree or credentialing, often times with student loans.

The future forthcoming blog posts will outline some of the suggestions and best practices for redesigning community college administration, curriculum and student learning models in current era of funding streams that increasingly require accountability measures such as completion and persistence as proxies for student success and positive learning outcomes.

Join me in this discussion throughout the upcoming months and add your thoughts, criticisms and experience along the way!!!