MADE FOR LEADERSHIP

Employees also are encouraged to attend trainings offered by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), and to make presentations at conferences run by AACC, the League for Innovation in the Community College and the National Institute of Staff and Organizational Development. Barbara Viniar, president of Chesapeake College in Maryland, previously ran the Institute for Community College Development at Cornell and organized programs around AACC competencies. Because today's leaders need to understand everything from economic development to immigration, the Cornell Institute used to run sessions that at first glance might not have seemed relevant, but are indeed part of a college leader's role. The Morgan State University Community College Leadership Doctoral Program (CCLDP) began about 12 years ago when the college decided to reach out to minority students to help them on their academic journey.