Category President’s Column

By J.D. Rottweiler, Ph.D. Leaders are in demand at community colleges across the nation. A study by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) found that 75 percent of survey respondents anticipated… Continue Reading →

It’s interesting how things change over time, some of it planned, some of it not. “Finding the Cochise College ‘way,’” read the headline on my very first column as Cochise College president, dated August 2009. That piece highlighted some things… Continue Reading →

As the world deals with global threats and unpredictable markets and the United States prepares for an important election, the term “creative destruction” or “disruptive innovation” has been regularly on my mind. In Forbes, contributor Adam Hartung recently applied the… Continue Reading →

By J.D. Rottweiler, Ph.D. Community colleges across America are celebrating National Community College month. While it’s not clear who declared April 2016 in our honor, I’ll take this opportunity to join the festivities. Nationally, over 50 million students enroll in… Continue Reading →

By J.D. Rottweiler, Ph.D. It would be easy to lump all community colleges into the same category. Most of the more than 1,200 such colleges offer technical training and provide an affordable foundation for students seeking to transfer to a… Continue Reading →