In 2020 the Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges teamed up with the Los Angeles Valley College Family Resource Center and Imperfect Foods to deliver close to 5,000 boxes of food to students in need through the Food for Families program. 

The landscape of interim leaders is varied, but there are some commonalities across the position such as the increasing likelihood that interims will be expected to act as change agents for the institution.   

Congratulations to Brenda Henderson, recipient of the Council for Resource Development Legacy Scholarship; thank you to the 2020 Federal Funding Task Force.

The digital divide has been adversely affecting low-income, minority, and rural students for decades. How has increased reliance on remote learning, forced by the coronavirus pandemic, further exposed the divide for those in higher education and how are advancement personnel helping to solve this problem?

St. Petersburg College’s Katie Shultz and Valencia College’s Lashon Henderson discuss recommendations and pitfalls related to CARES Act funding and how essential community college grant professionals are to the process.

For members seeking information on a variety of advancement topics, the CASE Library’s Advancement Resource Catalog provides a central stop for resources on topics including campaign planning, engaging non-traditional alumni, and the latest research in the world of advancement.

Learn more about the partnership between FFTF members and federal program officers, plus view the FFTF debrief sessions as webinars.

No longer can the college or university president be simply a learned extension of the academic enterprise itself; today’s president has to be chief fundraiser, spokesperson, alumni cajoler, and enrollment advocate. Today’s president, before everything else, is an advancement officer.
 

As a growing number of women lead America's HBCUs their presence is forcing conversations related to gender equality in academia.

Women HBCU Presidents Forge a New Path