President's Address: Dr. Frank Chong
Our keynote speaker, Dr. Robert Johnstone, is a senior research fellow for the Research and Planning (RP) group who served as an evaluator for the Aspen Institute Community College Excellence competition. Each year, 120 community colleges compete for this prestigious $1 million prize which recognizes community colleges with outstandingin academic and workforce development outcomes and improved performance over time. As an evaluator, Dr. Johnstone visited many of these outstanding community colleges, and he will share with us the practices that make them among the best in the United States.