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Community colleges play an indispensable role in American education. The data are compelling and unambiguous: More than 46 percent of those who attend higher education are enrolled in two-year institutions, an increase of 18 percent during the last decade.
Yet community colleges have not always been at the center of national debates about the future of education. If the United States is to achieve its goals, both in terms of quality and equality, community colleges must play a central role in the development and implementation of national educational solutions.
To expand the key role of community colleges in connecting more students to college success, the College Board's Center for Innovative Thought convened the National Commission on Community Colleges. The Commission's final report documents the critical role that community colleges play in American education and recommends ways in which the influence of these institutions can be expanded to respond to the challenges facing the nation.
Read the Commission's final report:
- Download the complete report (.pdf/1.7M).
- Download a summary of the report (.pdf/491K).
- Download a PowerPoint summary of the report (.ppt/164K).
Commission members
- Augustine Gallego (Chair), President Emeritus, San Diego Community College District, California
- Sharon Blackman, President, Brookhaven College, Dallas, Texas
- Sunil Chand, President, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
- Ding-Jo Currie, President, Coastline Community College, Fountain Valley, California
- Christine Johnson, Immediate Past President, Community College of Denver, Denver, Colorado
- Martin Lancaster, President, North Carolina Community College System, Raleigh, North Carolina
- Eduardo Marti, President, Queensboro Community College, Bayside, New York
- Paul Sechrist, President, Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Robert G. Templin, Jr., President, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, Virginia
- Ronald A. Williams, Immediate Past President, Prince George's Community College, Largo, Maryland
- John N. Yochelson, President, Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST), San Diego, California
Implementation of the Commission's recommendations is ongoing. For additional information, contact Stephen J. Handel at the College Board's National Office of Community College Initiatives.