Community College Trusteeship in 2025: A Commitment to Serve
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| Title: | Community College Trusteeship in 2025: A Commitment to Serve |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Robin Matross Helms, Carrie B. Kisker, Susan Kater, Regina Garza Mitchell, David Conner, Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT), Center for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) |
| Source: | Association of Community College Trustees. 2025. |
| Availability: | Association of Community College Trustees. 1233 20th Street NW Suite 605, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-775-4667; Fax: 202-223-1297; Web site: http://www.acct.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 36 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education Two Year Colleges |
| Descriptors: | Community Colleges, Trustees, Governing Boards, Board Administrator Relationship, Strategic Planning, Administrator Characteristics, Leadership Training |
| Abstract: | Educating nearly 40% of all undergraduate students in the United States, community colleges play a pivotal role in local and national workforce and economic development and provide access to educational opportunities that enable students from a wide variety of backgrounds to succeed in their careers and thrive throughout their lives. Underpinning these contributions are community college governing boards made up of individual trustees who volunteer their time to act as fiduciary stewards of their institutions, guide institutional mission and strategy, monitor operations, and ensure that colleges and their students flourish. This groundbreaking study, conducted jointly by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) and the Center for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC), provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of community college trustees: who they are, why they serve, and what they perceive to be the most critical priorities and challenges for their institutions and the sector at large. Building on previous surveys conducted in 1997 and 2018 and integrating qualitative interviews, findings from this study provide information about the beliefs and values that influence community college trustees' decision making, generate ideas and opportunities for future trustee development, and shed light on the professional development that may be necessary to assist trustees in supporting their colleges through innovative and transformational changes. ACCT and CSCC are grateful to the more than 2,000 community college trustees who responded to the survey and 40 trustees who participated in qualitative interviews. Quantitative and qualitative data are presented together throughout this report to provide multiple perspectives on key issues; when applicable, comparisons are drawn to data from previous trustee surveys. Additional details about the study methodology are included in Appendix B. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | ED679046 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Educating nearly 40% of all undergraduate students in the United States, community colleges play a pivotal role in local and national workforce and economic development and provide access to educational opportunities that enable students from a wide variety of backgrounds to succeed in their careers and thrive throughout their lives. Underpinning these contributions are community college governing boards made up of individual trustees who volunteer their time to act as fiduciary stewards of their institutions, guide institutional mission and strategy, monitor operations, and ensure that colleges and their students flourish. This groundbreaking study, conducted jointly by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) and the Center for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC), provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of community college trustees: who they are, why they serve, and what they perceive to be the most critical priorities and challenges for their institutions and the sector at large. Building on previous surveys conducted in 1997 and 2018 and integrating qualitative interviews, findings from this study provide information about the beliefs and values that influence community college trustees' decision making, generate ideas and opportunities for future trustee development, and shed light on the professional development that may be necessary to assist trustees in supporting their colleges through innovative and transformational changes. ACCT and CSCC are grateful to the more than 2,000 community college trustees who responded to the survey and 40 trustees who participated in qualitative interviews. Quantitative and qualitative data are presented together throughout this report to provide multiple perspectives on key issues; when applicable, comparisons are drawn to data from previous trustee surveys. Additional details about the study methodology are included in Appendix B. |
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