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	The League is an international organization serving community colleges. Colleges connect with us by joining the League Alliance and subscribing to , our online subscription service that streams engaging video, radio, print, and other interactive resources. Corporations connect with us through partnerships. Individuals stay connected by subscribing to the LeagueConnections e-newsletter.

Student Services Dialogues: Community College Case Studies to Consider, R. Thomas Flynn and Gerardo E. de los Santos, Editors, is now available!

Learner-Centered Assessment: Real Strategies for Today’s Students, The Cross Papers, Number 11, by Celeste Fenton and Brenda Ward Watkins. Now available from the League Store!

Wayne Brown reports on the 2008 study of roles and effectiveness of CIOs in higher education in Portrait of Information Technology Leaders in Higher Education.

Learning and the Road Ahead by Gerardo E. de los Santos and Mark David Milliron. Now available from the League Store!

Gifts From the Earth:
Annual Event Brings Communities Together

South Seattle’s Gifts From the Earth fundraiser provides a cornucopia of edible delights and potable pleasures for its guests and creates an invaluable educational experience for its culinary arts, wine academy, and hospitality students. Find out how the event has developed into a community favorite with benefits the whole college can savor, in the September issue of Innovation Showcase.

New Resources for Student Development

College Resources Online has published four new booklets about soft skills for community college students. Author and educator Earl Paul emphasizes motivation and attaining goals, organizing and managing meetings, interviewing, and public speaking as requirements for a full education and a productive lifestyle. These compact, clear-cut, hard copy publications are also available on CD and MP3 for today’s reluctant reader.

Forty and Forward:
The League Celebrates Four Decades of Innovation

The League for Innovation heralds 40 years of providing effective programs, services, research, conferences, and support for community colleges worldwide. League President Gerardo de los Santos and President Emeritus Terry O’Banion explain what it takes to achieve and maintain pioneer status, in the September issue of Leadership Abstracts.

The League and WGBH-Boston announce the availability of Getting Results, a free, online faculty development program.

	2008 CIT
	The Executive Leadership Institute
	Innovations 2009

Announcing the 2008 Conference on Information Technology!

Registration is now open!

The Executive Leadership Institute

The Executive Leadership Institute provides the opportunity for potential community college presidents, or those in transition, to review their abilities and interests, to refine their skills, and to participate in discussions on leadership with outstanding community college leaders from North America. ELI is sponsored by the Sloan Foundation.

Innovations 2009
March 15-18, 2009
Reno-Tahoe, Nevada

Conference Registration begins October 19, 2008



	Click here to view information about sustainability in the community college, including the program and PowerPoint presentations from last fall’s Sustainability Symposium at Lane Community College. College and Career Transitions Initiative (CCTI) Working to assure successful High School to College and Career Transitions? Join Colleges throughout North America as a Charter Member of the CCTI Network! Click here for more information. Project SAIL Join the League's newest collaborative course exchange and learning network targeting specialized industry-driven programs and certificates. The Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) identifies, creates, and repurposes required course content as open textbooks, making them available for use by students and faculty around the world. Click here to learn more or to join this innovative group.