Community Colleges Constituent Group

***please excuse any cross postings***

Colleagues,

I am writing today to invite you to attend the SoLAR Flare to be held at Purdue University on 1-3 October, 2012. The conference is fast approaching, and we’d like for you to be a part, if you’re able to do so.

This conference will be somewhat different from many academic conferences. In lieu of concurrent sessions with formal presentations, the SoLAR Flare will provide you the opportunity to participate in facilitated discussions and practical work with colleagues to learn more about student success challenges and to discover how others are looking to analytics as part of the solution. Discussion of each topic will be facilitated by a thought leader in higher education who will provide a clearly-defined challenge...

Colleagues,

I’m curious to know if you have a unit dedicated to supporting academic, educational, or learning technology.  If you do, would you be so kind to share how your unit is structured, who it reports do, and it’s mission?  Thank you!

- Mac -

Keith W. McIntosh, MBA
Vice Chancellor for Information Technology

and Chief Information Officer (CIO)

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Information Technology
Pima County Community College District
kwmcintosh@pima.edu

Dear colleagues,

The Association of College and University Policy Administrators (ACUPA) was formed to explore issues encountered in managing and administering institutional policy processes and structures. ACUPA not only promotes best practices in policy and procedure development, codification, and promulgation, but also tackles difficult policy issues.  ACUPA members differ greatly; their titles are not the same; there is a range of organizational alignments for policy offices; their development processes may be unique; but the common thread among us all is a commitment to creating effective policies and serving the information needs of the end users. (acupa.org)

In partnership with the Central Association of College and University Business Officers (CACUBO), ACUPA...

Good morning,

I just wanted to give a final reminder of a great program we offer (in a few weeks) at Cornell. It’s designed to help institutions who want to establish institutional policy initiatives or who want to hear what other institutions are doing in that area.  See below. Best, Josh Adams

Greetings to all…

The EDUCAUSE Core Data Survey for 2012 is closing soon – and I hope that you are already completing your survey….but if not, perhaps this email will convince you to contribute data for your college. There is some very rich information inside of the CDS, but you will only get access to that if you participate, and then you will be able to see the data for every school who has participated.  On a personal level, this information has been invaluable for planning, making the case for resources, and gauging our progress against other colleges. Most importantly, the more community colleges we can get to contribute, the better off we'll all be by having a richer set of peer data.

Now on to the good news….or at least something to spark your interest!

Community College colleagues,

The Enterprise IT Leadership Conference 2012 will be held May 16-18, 2012 at the JW Marriott in Indianapolis, IN.  This is an excellent opportunity for community colleges to participate in the discussions, provide feedback from our perspective, and collaborate with others to solve problems within our industry.    Whether you’re a CIO or senior IT leader, an enterprise system leader, or someone who aspires to a leadership role, this is the conference for you.

Additionally, I urge you to share your expertise and the community college perspective by submitting a proposal to present at the conference.  The call for proposals (CFP) is currently open and the CFP deadline is December 16.

I’ve included links to the...