News & announcements from January 2011
Gleanings from the killings in Arizona
Sunday, January 30th, 2011Jared L. Loughner was a student. Officials at Pima Community College carefully documented the possibility of mental illness, possibility of the influence of drugs and the series of bizarre classroom disruptions. The case file released and published in the NY Times, provides a ‘case’ study for faculty, administrators, student development counselors and community college crisis teams. The…
National Assessment Pilot in CC’s
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011The American Association of Community Colleges announced a pilot of accountability system. Voluntary Framework of Accountability [VFA] includes 40 community colleges around the country, including BHCC in MA. The pilot colleges will conduct data collection at the course, program and institutional assessment level. AACC published an assessment manual for colleges to consider. Other suggestions from Lumina Foundation include successful ideas for…
