Recent Publications From the League

Each month, the League publishes Leadership Abstracts, Learning Abstracts, and Innovation Showcase. The most recent issues are available on the League website.

Leadership Abstracts. Transitions Between CEOs: A Survey of CEOs in the League for Innovation in the Community College, by Jackson Sasser and Larry Tyree. Find out the methodology and outcome of Jackson Sasser and Larry Tyree’s survey of 17 League CEOs, which focused on transitions between CEOs and their impact on the college, in the October issue.

Learning Abstracts. Online Learning Using Skype, by Jeremy Clark and Cláudia Ramis de Almeida. Skype technology allows collaboration among students and teachers from anywhere in the world. Find out how this free, downloadable software enabled an online Portuguese course to succeed with a teacher in Brazil and a student in Canada, in the October issue.

Innovation Showcase. Going Green at GCC, by Karen P. Chynoweth. Greenfield Community College’s effort to make itself greener began with a single sustainable energy course and has flourished into a broader, collegewide initiative. From the green technology curriculum and the Sustainable Practices in Construction project to new practices on campus, GCC is making a difference locally and globally.