New Mexico
State Lead Organization & Contact l State Profile l Achieving the Dream Priorities l State Documents
STATE LEAD ORGANIZATION & CONTACT
New Mexico Association of Community Colleges
6401 Richards Avenue
Santa Fe , NM 87508
Tel: 505/428-1621
Fax: 505/428-1469
www.nmacc.org
The New Mexico Association of Community Colleges (NMACC) is a non-profit organization established to advocate for policies and funding that benefit the state’s community colleges and their students. NMACC represents the community colleges before the state Legislature, state agencies, business and other key stakeholder groups. It is a membership organization with all 18 of the state’s comprehensive community colleges as full members and three associate members, two of which are tribal community colleges. The college presidents comprise the membership, and they elect a four-member board of directors. NMACC provides the leadership, vision and voice to coordinate community college education initiatives statewide on behalf of the community colleges of New Mexico.
State Contacts:
Frank Renz, Executive Director
E-mail: frenz@nmacc.org
STATE PROFILE
A quick overview of state demographics and the state higher education system.
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ACHIEVING THE DREAM WORKPLAN PRIORITIES
1. Data and Performance Measurement - Participate in the redesign and expansion of the higher education data collection system, including data elements that will allow NMHED to inform its policy agenda.
2. K-12 and Postsecondary Alignment - Establish placement exam cut scores for entry-level English and math courses at New Mexico institutions of higher education. Study the overlap between remedial/developmental education and adult basic education.
3. Financial Aid - Increase awareness of and provide assistance to ATD colleges on state need-based financial aid programs.
STATE DOCUMENTS
Meeting our Mission 2006: The New Mexico Association of Community Colleges recently published the 2005-06 edition of Meeting our Mission, its annual accountability report to the state of New Mexico and its residents. This report on the accomplishments of the state’s 18 comprehensive community colleges highlights increased enrollments, decreased remediation for high school graduates, increased economic development partnership, increases in dual enrollments for the state’s high school students, and improved outcomes on a range of performance based indicators over the last three to four years. The report is chock full of facts, figures, charts, and graphs. Past editions have proved popular with legislators, stakeholders, and advocacy groups. Visit the New Mexico Association of Community College Web site to download the report.
> STATE WORKPLAN
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> LISTENING TOUR
In 2004, the Futures Project of Brown University led a Policy Listening Tour for Achieving the Dream in Florida, Texas, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Virginia. In each state, Achieving the Dream representatives met with stakeholders to discuss existing state policies and programs that promote student success and opportunities to advance new policies. The meetings included leaders from community colleges, other educational institutions and systems, state legislative and executive branches, and business and advocacy groups. Besides a summary report , the Listening Tour produced state-level findings for New Mexico .
In advance of Listening Tour meetings, each state prepared background materials for attendees. These materials include information on the state’s community college system, descriptions of current (as of 2004) policies and programs related to student success, and information on state data collection and use. Download background materials for New Mexico .
> PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH REPORT FOR NEW MEXICO
In 2004, a national study examined public perceptions of community colleges and ways to raise the profile of these institutions. It found that Americans have highly favorable attitudes toward community colleges. People value community colleges because they provide opportunity for individuals to better themselves. Yet the public has limited awareness of the struggles community colleges face as they try to meet increasing demands with fewer resources. Besides the national report , the study produced state-level findings for New Mexico .
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