An edition of the Littleton Independent
WEEK OF MARCH 28, 2024
VOLUME 23 | ISSUE 17
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Leaders envision future of Arapahoe Community College State system seeks input for new strategic plan
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BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Armed with sticky notes and markers, a group of people gathered in a large room at Arapahoe Community College. Over the course of the evening, the attendees were asked to share what they think the college is doing well and what it could do better. It was the third stop of a statewide listening tour led by the Colorado Community College System, which is seeking input as it develops a new strategic plan. During the conversation at ACC, attendees shared a desire for more collaboration among colleges and highlighted the flexible scheduling and personal support that ACC offers its students. Attendees discussed current financial models and ways to strengthen cross-college collaboration through virtual programs. CCCS Executive Vice Chancellor
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BEST OF THE BEST Laura Reinhold, a member of the Arapahoe Community College Foundation Board of Directors, writes her ideas on a sticky note at the listening tour meeting on March 19.
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Diane Duffy said the system’s board created the tour to get in touch with those who will be most affected by future plans. “How can we be responsive and develop strategies and goals and
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measures if we don’t listen to what learners are saying, what employers are saying?” she said. “So this is like a gold mine to us.” SEE COLLEGE, P10
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