The Western Alliance of Community College Academic Leaders (the Alliance) held its second annual meeting – themed “Readiness, Completion and Success – on Whose Terms?” – on April 2-3 in San Francisco. The meeting drew a record-breaking number of Alliance members, including the chief academic officers of the community colleges and technical schools in the WICHE states and related system and state agencies. Featured speakers included Kay McClenney, University of Texas at Austin, and Peter Quigley, University of Hawai‘i System, who spoke on the community college completion agenda; and Bernadine Chuck Fong, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, who discussed how to improve developmental math outcomes in community colleges. Panel discussions included “Skipping College to a Credential or Career Success,” moderated by Barry Russell, California Community Colleges; and “Ensuring Tomorrow’s High Caliber Workforce and Civic Leadership: A Focus on Success for All Students,” moderated by Rhonda Epper, Colorado Community College System. Part of the meeting was held in conjunction with that of the California Community College Chief Instructional Officers.

WCET’s PAR Framework project was one of eight educational technology startups chosen to participate in the Launch Pad at the Sloan-C 6th Annual International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Online Learning on April 9-11 in Las Vegas. The Launch Pad introduces innovative ed-tech entrepreneurs and entities to conference participants.

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