1. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES Building a Nation of Learners by Advancing America’s Community Colleges

2. Cengage Computing Conference Tampa, FL |April 3, 2017
Workforce development, Higher Education and Technology
Cengage Computing Conference Tampa, FL |April 3, 2017

3. ABOUT US
Building a Nation of Learners by Advancing America’s Community Colleges
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is the primary advocacy organization for the nation’s community colleges.

4. AMERICA’S COMMUNITY COLLEGES: A SNAPSHOT

5. U.S. COMMUNITY COLLEGE LOCATIONS
Source: AACC analysis of Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)fall 2013 enrollment data file, U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics.
April 2015

6. What is Workforce and Economic Development?

7. WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Mission: Align community colleges with industry, workforce and economic development partners
Goals: 
Improved talent pipelines, economic prosperity of workers, business, and communities
Diversified investments by industry, federal and foundation efforts to drive employment options
Share results-driven practice

8. “One of the things I admire is how responsive community colleges are to the needs of their local employers […] They’re laser-focused and can adapt quickly to local workforce needs. That’s a great model we are happy to support.”
Shawn Heath, President of Duke Energy Foundation*
*As quoted in Unlocking Funding Potential. Dennis Pierce. Community College Journal; February/March page 13

9. WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SAMPLE PROJECTS
The Sustainability Education & Economic Development (SEED) Center
Job Ready, Willing, and Able (JRWA) initiative
Women’s Economic Stability Initiative (WESI)
Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) initiative
Federal Financial Assistance Training for Rural Colleges
The Right Signals Initiative

10. TAACCCT and TechHIRE: Leveraging DOL Grant Initiatives
The US Department of Labor’s Trade Assistance for Community Colleges and Career Training (TAACCCT) and TechHire Grants have allowed community colleges to create/enhance educational programs for high wage jobs in high growth industries.
Colleges were able to create non-traditional approaches like coding boot camps and short term training in information technology.

11. TAACCCT and TechHIRE: EXAMPLES FROM OUR MEMBERS
Moraine Valley Community College – Palos Hills, IL
Women in Technology Boot Camp

12. TAACCCT and TechHIRE: EXAMPLES FROM OUR MEMBERS
Austin Community College – Austin, TX
Web Software Developer Bootcamp
This fast pace and challenging 24 week full stack web development bootcamp (full-bootcamp) is offered through ACC Continuing Education. Students will be hands on learning HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, JQuery, Node.JS, Express.JS and more. Students will learn the basics of web development and get assigned a mentor in the program.

13. TAACCCT and TechHIRE: EXAMPLES FROM OUR MEMBERS
Seattle Central College – Seattle, WA
LAMP and Python for Web Development Bootcamp

14. TRENDS
Cybersecurity
Prince Georges Community College (MD): National CyberWatch: Cybersecurity Education Solutions for the Nation
Middlesex Community College (MA) Cybersecurity lab
Information Assurance Auditing
Riverside Community College (CA): The Information Assurance Auditing Project
Data Science and Analytics

15. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (WDI)
Save the Date: WDI 2018 will be held January 30 – February 2, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana
The premier annual convening for community college-based workforce service providers
More than 700 attendees
Plenaries, workshops, networking
Insights from industry, federal agency, and foundation partners.

16. John E. Dyer Director, Workforce and Economic Development American Association of Community Colleges 1 Dupont Circle Suite 410 Washington, DC Direct: