Welcome to the Governance Institute for Student Success
The Governance Institute for Student Success (GISS) is a robust and unique governance leadership institute that empowers trustees and presidents of community and technical colleges with the tools needed to promote policies and create new accountability measures based on student success, equity, and completion.
The institute prepares trustees and presidents to set goals for improvement of student outcomes and features expert resident faculty, a state-based strategy targeting all colleges within each state, board self-assessments to determine effectiveness, a close examination of student success data, a review of implications for policies and practices, and commitment-to-action reports.
The GISS was developed as part of a three-year, four-state initiative by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) and the Community College Leadership Program (CCLP) in the College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin (UT), with a goal to develop and implement a culture of evidence and accountability for student success at community and technical colleges.
Trustees and presidents from the community and technical colleges in Ohio were selected as the first participants for the initiative, scheduled for 2010. The trustees and presidents from community and technical colleges of Washington and Texas will follow in 2011-2012. The fourth state for the initiative will soon be determined.
Implementing Student Success Policies (Draft)
As a result of ACCT’s Symposium on Student Success, participants drafted a set of policy recommendations for trustees to use to guide their decisions on recommending student success policies. >> Read More
The ACCT Symposium on Student Success, October 11-12, 2011
With the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ACCT hosted a major educational symposium prior to it’s 42nd Annual Leadership Congress in Dallas, Texas. Participants engaged in a substantive dialogue about promoting student success while ensuring access and equity. >> Read More
The Summit on Completion, October 19, 2010
In 2010, prior to ACCT’s Annual Leadership Congress in Toronto, Canada, ACCT hosted the Summit on Completion to focus attention and action on the national goal of increasing the number of Americans who hold a college degree or credential. >> Read More
