New Commission Will Examine Community Colleges

The American Association of Community Colleges on Thursday appointed a 36-member commission to take "a holistic look" at the mission of and challenges facing community colleges. Most of the commission members are current community college presidents, but the group also includes such experts on community colleges as Vincent Tinto, Distinguished University Professor at Syracuse University and Mark David Milliron, deputy director for postsecondary improvement at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and university system chancellors such as William Kirwan of the University System of Maryland and Nancy Zimpher of the State University of New York.