Innovations
A completed application form and a brief essay explaining reasons for seeking a community college presidency.
Two letters of recommendation in support of the applicant. These should be sent by the authors directly to Patty Mears at mears@league.org.
A $200 nonrefundable application fee, payable by credit card. Purchase orders and checks cannot be accepted for this fee.
Application review will begin immediately following the application deadline. Class size is limited. Applicants accepted to the program will be notified in early September 2016.
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October 15, 2025
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A persistent challenge for employers is identifying job candidates with the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities for available jobs. Simultaneously, postsecondary education institutions are under increasing pressure to ensure that their graduates possess the skills valued by employers and have positive job outcomes. One strategy to achieve the goal of better aligning college programs with the skills in demand by employers is to integrate industry certifications into academic degree programs. Industry certifications can be...
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March 6, 2026
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Dual enrollment continues to be one of the most powerful strategies for expanding access to college, accelerating time to degree, and strengthening workforce and transfer pathways. At the same time, dual enrollment leaders are navigating rapid growth, evolving state policies, access considerations, and increasing expectations for alignment between K-12 schools and community colleges.
This facilitated panel discussion of national experts brings together experienced dual enrollment leaders to examine emerging trends shaping the future of...
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Reimagining the traditional face-to-face, lecture-based instructional model is at the heart of academic transformation in higher education, and faculty development is central to this change. Getting faculty to want to modify how they teach will enable grassroots experimentations to gain traction and inspire systemic change. Yet this process first requires faculty developers to recognize and support the affective dimension of teaching and learning and, in turn, experiment with more human-centered approaches. Expect it to be messy.
Recognizing Faculty Culture
Creativity and risk-taking in the...
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Section I
Developing the Model
Section II
Piloting the Model
Section III: Documenting the Pilot
Central Piedmont Community College
Cuyahoga Community College
Sinclair Community College
Section IV: Sample Documentation Instruments
Seattle Colleges (prototype)
Manufacturing Certificate
Central Piedmont Community College
Computer Certificate
PC Pro Certificate
Cuyahoga Community College
Network Support Certificate
Sinclair Community College
Call Center Certificate
Manufacturing Certificate
Manufacturing Certificate Back Side
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April 18, 2023
Do you need to identify which academic programs to start, stop, or grow? In this webinar, the presenters will help you understand the economic and market data you will need and describe an efficient decision-making process for your use.
Learn how to operationalize your program economics—revenue, instructional cost, and margins—to optimize program mix, course scheduling, and resource allocations and discuss how to build a shared understanding of the data, increase transparency, speed up the program evaluation, and build agreement among decision-makers.
The presenters will...
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