The American Association of Community Colleges began its Leading Forward work in 2003 with four leadership summits to understand current thinking in the field about approaches to community college leadership and leadership development. Community college leaders from across the nation convened in Washington, DC. Click here for an attendee list for all four summits (PDF).

Information from each summit can be found by clicking on the appropriate link beneath the summit.

AACC Leadership Summit of Affiliated Councils (November 18, 2003)

• Invitation Letter (PDF)
• Community College Times story (PDF)
• Leadership Program Inventory Summary (PDF)
• Leadership Development Survey Responses (PDF)
• Summit Discussion Notes (PDF)
• Summit Web Summary (PDF)

AACC Leadership Summit of Grow Your Own Programs (January 9, 2004)

• Invitation Letter (PDF)
• Community College Times story (PDF)
• Leadership Program Inventory Summary (PDF)
• Leadership Development Survey Responses (PDF)
• Summit Discussion Notes (PDF)
• Summit Web Summary (PDF)

AACC Leadership Summit of University Programs (March 16, 2004)

• Invitation Letter (PDF)
• Community College Times story (PDF)
• Leadership Program Inventory Summary (PDF)
• Leadership Development Survey Responses (PDF)
• Summit Discussion Notes (PDF)
• Summit Web Summary (PDF)

AACC Summit on Leadership in Underserved Areas (March 26, 2004)

• Invitation Letter (PDF)
• Community College Times story (PDF)
• Leadership Program Inventory Summary (PDF)
• Leadership Development Survey Responses (PDF)
• Summit Discussion Notes (PDF)
• Summit Web Summary (PDF)

The summit synthesis report, A Qualitative Analysis of Community College Leadership from the Leading Forward Summits (Adobe PDF), is now available. Thanks go to all summit attendees and those who participated in the completion of this report. Questions or comments can be addressed to Nan Ottenritter, Manager, Leading Forward, at nottenritter@aacc.nche.edu.