The Bellwether College Consortium (BCC) is an elite group of colleges charged with the mission to address the critical issues facing community colleges through applicable research and the promotion and replication of best practices addressing workforce development, instructional programs and services, and planning governance and finance. Annually, the BCC holds a policy summit addressing pertinent issues facing our community colleges. The annual policy summit brings higher education researchers, national and institutional leaders and industry experts to determine more effective solutions (T o learn more about BCC Policy Summit – link to page).

In addition, the Bellwether College Consortium through the Community College Futures Assembly addressed the best practices occurring nationally and internationally at our community colleges. Annually, the Community College Futures Assembly (CCFA) reviews over 1,000 community college programs in the areas of workforce development (WD), instructional programs and services (IPS), and planning governance and finance (PGF). Upon rigofous review, ten community college programs in each of the three areas (WD, PGF, IPS) are invited to compete for the coveted Bellwether Award. (To learn more about the Community College Futures Assembly).

Membership benefits of the Bellwether college Consortium:

• Three complimentary registrations to the 2016 Community College Futures Assembly
• Webinars featuring Bellwether winning programs with proven solutions worthy of replication to address critical issues facing community colleges
• Special sessions at the American Association of Community Colleges and Association of Community Colleges annual conference for your trustees and leadership team
• Reduced registration at the International Conference on Teaching and Learning for your faculty
• Reduced registration on workshops conducted by Bellwether winning programs
• Opportunity to partner with BCC member colleges on grant proposals and conducting applied research in conjunction with the Institute of Higher Education, University of Florida.

As part of the new vision of the BCC here are some of the new member benefits:

• Access to the BCC Applied Research Center for Workforce Development
• Access the a Web Library of Best Practices
• Assisting in the training of current educational leaders
• Access to external evaluators for grant process
• BCC Film Festival (”The Associates”)

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