The Illinois Community College Trustees Association is celebrating 30 years of providing legislative advocacy and educational opportunities for college board members

Welcome to ICCTA!
Since 1971, the Illinois Community College Trustees Association has provided legislative advocacy and educational opportunities for college boards. Even if you're not a trustee, you can join ICCTA as an Associate Member or a Lifetime Member.

ICCTA News

  • 2010 award information
  • March 12-13 Save the Date flyer
  • ICCTA President's Letters
           -- December letter to the editor
           -- September letter to the editor
  • Best practices in diversity programs
  • November Board Highlights

    Legislative updates
  • 2010 federal legislative priorities -- NEW
  • State lawmakers begin 2010 session
  • ICCTA resolutions
           -- MAP grant funding
           -- Income tax increase for education funding
  • Gov's action on community college bills
  • U.S. Census Bureau's Census on Campus
  • More ICCTA Action Alerts
  • 2009 state and federal legislative goals
  • Click here to join our alert list

    Publications
  • What are the economic returns
          of attending a community college?
  • Welcome to the Board handbook
  • 2007 economic impact study
  • 2007 economic impact fact sheet
  • 2009 Community College Act
  • What is a community college trustee?
  • Past Action Alerts
  • Past ICCTA Board Highlights
  • Why Ethics Matters, Part 1 & Part 2
  • ICCTA seminar highlights
  • Model ethics policy
  • Guidelines for board self-evaluation
  • Recording of closed sessions

  • ICCTA honors BHC, Arsenal
    for innovative partnership


    ICCTA president Barbara Oilschlager presents the  
2009 Business/Industry Partnership Award to Black Hawk College president Gene Gardner (left) and Mike Bunch of the U.S. Department of Defense's Rock Island Arsenal.

    On November 18, ICCTA president Barbara Oilschlager (center) presented the association's 2009 Business/Industry Partnership Award to Black Hawk College president Gene Gardner (left) and Mike Bunch of the U.S. Department of Defense's Rock Island Arsenal. BHC and the Arsenal were honored for their innovative efforts to develop a hands-on welding program taught by the college and hosted on-site by the Arsenal. More than 800 students have graduated from the six-week program during the past five years.


    Community college students rally
    to restore MAP grant funding


    Lake Land College students joined Gov. Pat Quinn 
at an Oct. 15 rally to restore Monetary Award Program grant funding for spring 2010.

    Lake Land College students joined Gov. Pat Quinn (top center) and thousands of other Illinois college students at the State Capitol on Oct. 15 to rally for restoration of state-funded Monetary Award Program grants for spring 2010.


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  • Suggested trustee readings
  • Illinois General Assembly
  • State of Illinois web site

    State agencies and
    ICCTA partners:

    Illinois Community College Board     Illinois Student Assistance Commission

    Illinois Board of Higher Education

    Illinois Virtual Campus  iTransfer

    Association of Community College Trustees       American Association of Community College

    Learn about one of ICCTA's partners, OrganizAmerica

  • Illinois Community College Trustees Association
    401 E. Capitol Ave., Suite 200
    Springfield, IL 62701-1711
    217-528-2858 (phone)
    217-528-8662 (fax)
    ICCTA@communitycolleges.org
    http://www.communitycolleges.org



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