Kenneth Cooper, Executive Director of the Las Positas College Foundation and chair of the CCCA conference committee shares his reasons to attend the upcoming conference.

Meg Natter, CASE Director, Community Colleges and Foundations, invites you to join us at the Conference for Community College Advancement in Baltimore, Maryland this October.

Kenneth Cooper, Executive Director, Las Positas College Foundation, in Livermore, California, and Chair of the upcoming Conference for Community College Advancement, shares his passion for community college work, along with his thoughts on the challenges and opportunities ahead for the sector.

CASE Director of Volunteer Stewardship, Sean Schindl interviews accomplished CASE volunteers Ann-Marie Thornton, Emilie Henry, and Simon Fairbanks, who share their experiences and lessons learnt, as well as why they choose to be passionate CASE advocates. 

The CASE Library maintains this collection of organizational charts for all members. Many charts were generously shared by members in a spirit of peer-to-peer exchange. Others were found on institution websites.

When prioritizing and solving problems, most people start with asking themselves which problems are the biggest and what has the most noise (or the squeaky wheel gets the grease theory). The issue is, when we start with the biggest or noisiest problems first, that means that small problems get solved the least.

The Open University is open to everyone regardless of age, income, geography, and background, and with no requirement for entry qualifications for the vast majority of courses.

Advancement practitioners operate at critical intersections. We are explainers, connectors, unifiers, and conductors. Our place at these important junctions gives advancement practitioners insights into the path toward institutional success.

The executive director of Equity in the Center talks about how equity is "trendy" and why institutions don’t approach this work like any other initiatives.

The president of Augsburg University speaks about his institution’s long-running commitment to inclusion and equity, how the past year has brought more urgency, and the crucial role of advancement.