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The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is the primary advocacy organization for community colleges at the national level and works closely with directors of state offices to inform and affect state policy and supports and promotes its member colleges through policy initiatives, innovative programs, research and information, and strategic outreach to business and industry and the national news media. Its efforts are focused in five strategic actions areas:

• Recognition and Advocacy for Community Colleges
• Student Access, Learning, and Success
• Community College Leadership Development
• Economic and Workforce Development
• Global and Intercultural Education

The American Institute of Research (AIR) is one of the largest behavioral and social science research organizations in the world. Its overriding goal is to use the best science available to bring the most effective ideas and approaches to enhancing everyday life. AIR work spans a wide range of substantive areas: education, student assessment, international education, individual and organizational performance, health research and communication, human development, usability design and testing, employment equity, and statistical and research methods.

The American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) was founded in 1974 and is the only organization exclusively devoted to providing a national forum for the improvement of mathematics instruction in the first two years of college. AMATYC has approximately 2,500 individual members and more than 100 institutional members in the United States and Canada.

The Association for Institutional Research (AIR) is designed to support members in their efforts to continuously improve the practice of institutional research for postsecondary planning, management and operations, and to further develop and promote the institutional research profession.

The Community College Humanities Association (CCHA) is the only national organization of its kind for humanities faculty and administrators in two-year colleges. CCHA is dedicated to preserving and strengthening the humanities in two-year colleges. CCHA serves as a catalyst for defining the issues which face humanities faculty and administrators today, finding solutions to problems in the field, and establishing a communications network for humanists.

The Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) is an affiliate of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). Council members include university-based researchers and community college practitioners who further scholarship on the community college enterprise. The purposes of the Council are to:

• Contribute to the development of pre-service and in-service education for community college professionals;
• Conduct and disseminate research pertaining to community colleges;
• Serve as a forum for dialogue between university professors, graduate students, and community college practitioners who study community colleges;
• Disseminate information about related conferences and events;
• Provide research and other services to the American Association of Community Colleges and its affiliate councils;
• Recognize outstanding service to, research in, and publication about community college education; and
• Provide a unified and formal base of participation for CSCC members in AACC affairs.

The Educational Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP) has produced over 6,000 alumni who now lead at high levels in all sectors of American life: K-12 and higher education organizations; local, state, and federal government agencies; public policy groups; foundations and nonprofits; and corporations. Its mission is to equip leaders in public and private organizations to create and implement sound public policy in education and related fields. The EPFP curriculum consists of three major strands:  leadership theory and practice, public policy, and professional networking.

The MidSouth Community College Fellowship Program (MCCFP) was initially developed as a one-week leadership program that has evolved into an educational program for current and past Fellows that lasts one academic year. MCCFP is the first and only university program in the state of Mississippi that focuses on developing the future community college leadership workforce. Future community college leaders have participated from states throughout the mid-south region of the United States, including Mississippi, Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia.

We invite you to peruse MCCFP Publications written by our Fellows:

Bonfanti, P. G. & Burns, E. C. (2004). Making the community college connection: An examination of education and training programs for TANF recipients in the state of Mississippi. MidSouth Partnership for Rural Community Colleges: Research Series.

Lee, J. C. & Bristow, C. (2004). A joint address by the Presidents of Alcorn State University and Mississippi State University. MidSouth Partnership for Rural Community Colleges: Research Series.

Rubin, S., Cejda, B., Fluharty, C., Lincoln, C., and Ziembroski, J. (2005). Invigorating rural economies: The rural development mission of Mississippi's community colleges. MidSouth Partnership for Rural Community Colleges: Research Series.

Scaggs, S. & Burns, E. C. (2004). The retention of Black male students at Mississippi public community and junior colleges: Identifying best practices in rural Mississippi community colleges. MidSouth Partnership for Rural Community Colleges: Research Series.

The Mid-South Education Research Association (MSERA) is a nonprofit incorporated educational organization whose purposes are to encourage quality educational research in
the Mid-South and to promote the application of the results of quality educational research in schools represented in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi & Tennessee.

The National Council of Instructional Administrators (NCIA) is the largest affiliate of the American Association of Community Colleges, is one of the largest affiliates of the AACC, providing for the instructional administrator an agenda for leadership, advocacy, innovation. And professional development. NCIA supports the principles, goals, and objectives of the American Association of Community Colleges and is committed to leadership, innovation, advocacy, and development for the improvement of teaching and learning.

The Rural Community College Alliance (RCCA) is a network and advocacy group that helps build the capacity of member community colleges to improve the educational and economic prospects for rural America. The Alliance seeks to reduce rural isolation and share effective solutions to problems facing distressed rural communities.

The Southeastern Association for Community College Research (SACCR) is an organization for both researchers and practitioners in which a broad examination of topics such as technology, planning, assessment, evaluation, and accountability are addressed. Membership includes both institutional researchers and assessment officers from community colleges and students of the community college who are committed to sharing information within a supportive professional environment.

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