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Strategic Plan Resources
The American Association of Community Colleges. (2012). Reclaiming the American Dream: A Report from the 21st-
Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges. Washington, D.C.: AACC.
www.aacc.nche.edu/aboutcc/21stcenturyreport_old/index.html
In 2011, the AACC created the 21st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges to study how American
community colleges might meet the challenges of the future. In a 2012 report, Reclaiming the American Dream, the
Commission offered several recommendations, including shifting institutional focus from:
• Access only to one of both access and student success.
• Fragmented course-taking to clear, coherent educational pathways.
• Low rates of student success to high rates.
• Tolerance of achievement gaps among students to commitment to eradicate such gaps.
• A culture of anecdote to a culture of evidence.
• Individual faculty prerogative to collective responsibility for student success.
• A culture of isolation to a culture of collaboration.
• Emphasis on boutique programs to effective practices at scale.
• An emphasis on teaching to a focus on learning.
• Information as management support to information as learning analytics.
• Funding tied to enrollment to funding tied to enrollment plus student success.
The Aspen Institute’s Skills for America’s Future. (2016 website).
www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/economic-opportunities/skills-for-americas-future
“Baby boom retirements should create a steady stream of replacement openings for college-educated workers; by
2020, there will be 40 million college-educated baby boomers between the ages of fifty-five and seventy-five. The
United States is not currently producing enough workers with postsecondary education to replace these aging workers.
Between 1973 and 2008, the number of jobs in the American workplace requiring postsecondary education jumped from
28 percent to 59 percent. By 2018, the percentage of jobs requiring postsecondary training will increase to 63 percent.
But almost half of these new jobs will only require an associate’s degree or some college.” (Help Wanted: Projections of
Jobs and Education Requirements through 2018, Georgetown University’s Center on Education and Workforce).
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Austin Area Research Organization (AARO). (2016 website).
aaroregion.com/news-and-research/latest-news-from-aaro/
The Austin Area Research Organization is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that draws upon the savvy and
brainpower of 100 leaders from the Central Texas region. Its various committees, notably those on Healthcare, P-16
Education, and Social Equity, provide significant direction and support for ACC initiatives.
The Austin Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Austin Community College. (2016). Progress Toward
Excellence.
The Austin Chamber of Commerce is a private, membership-driven organization comprising more than 3,000
business enterprises, civic organizations, educational institutions, and individuals. Its mission is to provide leadership
that facilitates the creation of a prosperous regional economy and effective advocacy for its members.
Mike Perrine, President of Capital One Bank and Chair of the Chamber Progress Report Task Force, collaborated with
Dr. Richard M. Rhodes, President/CEO of ACC, to oversee a joint report on how ACC is doing in terms of meeting
regional workforce needs and setting projected workforce goals for 2022.
Austin Independent School District (AISD). Strategic Plan, 2015–2020: Reinventing the Urban School Experience
Together.
www.austinisd.org/sites/default/files/dept/strategic_plan/docs/2015_StratPlan_FINAL_ENGv2.pdf
This document details the mission, core beliefs, and values that provide guidance and direction to the Austin
Independent School District.