Fallenewsletter09

Top Stories

Riding the Economy--Both Up and Down
Campus Technology, July 2009

Community colleges are, like their institutional brethren, suffering from budget cuts due to the economic downturn. Yet, according a recent survey from the Campus Computing Project, they are also experiencing an enrollment boom that may be a result of the same economy. (more)

Key survey results: Percentages of community college presidents reported increased enrollments in each student category: full-time 86%, part-time 82%, transfer 74%, certificate programs 72%, reverse transfer from 4-year colleges 62%, workforce development 77%. Excerpt from: Executive summary of the survey.

Obama Proposes $12 Billion Be Earmarked for Community Colleges
By TJ Gronewold, Augusoft.net, July 14, 2009

Cem Erdem, President and CEO of Augusoft, Inc., reaches out to community college program managers with the following statement after President Obama’s speech on the education stimulus plan. (more)

Two Cheers for Community Colleges! Three Cheers if They Dramatically Reform Themselves
By Teresa Ghilarducci, Community Colleges issue of The Chronicle, August 18, 2009

Think community colleges are a cheap way to get the first 2 years of college out of the way? Think again. They don’t do a great job being an aperitif for a 4-year university and, worse, most miss an opportunity to do something much more important. (more)

Surviving the Economy: Northern ACCE Members Join Forces at Summer Workshop
By Susan May, Director of Community Education, Chabot College, ACCE Journal, Summer 2009

Augusoft Lumens customers Gavilan College, De Anza College, Chabot College and strategic partner LERN share how they are surviving today's tough times in California. (more)

Webinars

What You Need to Know Before Launching a Corporate Training Technology Initiative
By TJ Gronewold, U.augusoft.net, July 22, 2009

In case you missed the live webinar, you can catch up by viewing the webinar recording called: Before Jumping into the Deep End of the Corporate Education, which highlights the Corporate Education Showcase of California Corporate College (CA CC). The CA CC is embarking on a technology initiative to help them streamline the overwhelming contracting process from contacts and proposals to invoicing and payment. Technology is only an effective tool to support operational efficiencies when the processes are already defined. This webinar will share with you what the CA CC prepared before launching a technology initiative of this kind.

Augusoft Fall Webinars Provide the Latest Sales and Marketing Training for Lifelong Learning Program Managers
By TJ Gronewold, U.augusoft.net

For program managers developing and growing their contract training, workforce development and entrepreneurship programs, Augusoft co-presents with leading industry experts to share methods and tools to implement and manage the latest challenges, best practices and techniques:

Top 10 Low-Cost Marketing Techniques That Work
The live webinar has already occured. To view the recording, go to u.augusoft.net.
Presenter: Greg Marsello, Vice President of Organizational Development, LERN

Selling Contract Training for the Non-Sales Professional
Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
Leslie Larrabee, Executive Director, California Corporate College

Industry Conferences

NACCE 7th Annual Conference
October 11-14, 2009
Chicago, IL

NCWE Annual Fall Conference
October 18-20, 2009
Seattle, WA

NCCET National Conference
October 18-20, 2009
Austin, TX

LERN National Conference
November 19-21, 2009
Savannah, GA

6th Annual Augusoft Lumens User Summit
November 18, 2009
Same location as LERN National Conference.

Technology Update

School IT support: Overworked...and understaffed: Challenges create barriers to instruction
By Dennis Pierce, eschoolnews.com

New research suggests overworked and understaffed school IT departments are spending too much time reacting to technology problems--and not enough time on training and integration.

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