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

Leadership Abstracts. Creating and Sustaining a Campus Emergency Management Plan That Works, by R. Thomas Flynn and Lee E. Struble.This issue of Leadership Abstracts is an excerpt from the League’s 2007 publication, Hoping for the Best While Preparing for the Worst: Disasters, Emergencies, and the Community College, edited by Alice W. Villadsen and Gerardo E. de los Santos. The full text of Hoping for the Best While Preparing for the Worst can be downloaded at HopingfortheBest.pdf.

Learning Abstracts. Innovative Studies: Changing Minds for a Changing World, by Elisa Robyn and Cindy Miles. What is innovation and where does it lead us? In the February issue of Learning Abstracts, Elisa Robyn and Cindy Miles consider the word’s many definitions and examine the ways innovativeness is shaping the higher education curriculum and the workplace in the 21st century.

Innovation Showcase. The Magic of Storytelling at South Mountain Community College, by LynnAnn Wojciechowicz. For over 12 years, South Mountain Community College’s Storytelling Institute has maintained the oral tradition while expanding its credit course offerings, holding festivals, and creating cultural awareness. Get the story in the February issue of Innovation Showcase.