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Mar 3, 2026·StrategicPlan
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Michigan Community College Association Legislative Priorities 2026
This document outlines the legislative priorities for advancing student success, talent development, and community vitality. Key priorities include increasing community college operations grants, codifying and funding the Michigan Achievement Scholarship, expanding Michigan Reconnect eligibility, modernizing dual enrollment, reducing capital outlay institutional match requirements, and investing in infrastructure, technology, equipment, maintenance, safety, and housing (ITEMS) for colleges. The plan aims to empower institutions to lead in student success, workforce readiness, economic mobility, and regional growth.
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This curriculum provides guidance on transformational leadership for student success, focusing on senior teams. It outlines key elements for effective team composition, including being mission-aligned, collaborative, trustworthy, bold, strategic, and innovative. The document details strategies for developing a common purpose through consistent language, shared goals, and data-driven discussions. It also emphasizes creating conditions for cross-unit collaboration, ensuring appropriate leadership for initiatives, integrating collaboration into performance reviews, and establishing accountability systems with SMART goals to drive improved student outcomes.
Jan 27, 2026·BoardMeeting
Board
Mcca Leadership Academy Convening
The third convening of the MCCA Leadership Academy focused on strategies to improve excellence and equity in student outcomes. Key discussion topics included articulating scaled strategies for workforce outcomes through employer partnerships and improving transfer and bachelor's attainment outcomes through partnerships with four-year colleges. Participants analyzed transfer and labor market data to identify challenges and opportunities, practiced strategies for understanding the student experience, and began work on the Student Success Project to propose solutions for identified problems of practice. Specific sessions covered improving labor market outcomes with a panel on college-employer partnerships, and improving transfer at scale, including analysis of transfer data and a panel discussion with practitioners.
Dec 15, 2025·StrategicPlan
Board
The MCCA Leadership Academy Participant Toolkit
The MCCA Leadership Academy Participant Toolkit outlines strategic objectives for improving student outcomes in workforce and transfer pathways. It focuses on articulating scaled strategies, analyzing data, understanding the student experience, and identifying solutions to problems of practice. The toolkit guides participants through Aspen's Workforce Playbook strategies (talent development, program quality, student support, employer partnerships) and Aspen's Transfer Playbook strategies (prioritizing transfer, creating pathways, tailored advising) to achieve excellence and equity in student outcomes.
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