Copyright© 2007 by School Services of California, Inc.

                                      Volume 20                   For Publication Date: February 16, 2007             No. 4

By the Way . . .

U.S. Department of Education Will Work to Raise Community College Profile. At a meeting of the American Association of Community Colleges and the Association of Community College Trustees, Patricia Stanley, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Colleges for the U.S. Department of Education, informed college leaders that her top priority is to raise the national profile of community colleges over the next two years. 

She plans to accomplish this goal by communicating with the entire education community about the work of the nation’s community colleges. Secretary Stanley comes from a background of community colleges, having served as the former President of Frederick Community College in Maryland. She also plans to raise the profile of two-year colleges within the Department, in addition to developing an online portfolio of best practices for those institutions. 

Deputy Assistant Secretary Stanley can be contacted at (202) 245-7727.