Never Waste a Crisis, by Dr. Bob Hassmiller, CCBO Executive Director.

Community College leaders are constantly facing the challenges that come with being on the front lines of post-secondary education. The present "perfect storm" of increased demands for student instruction - partnered with lower federal, state, local and student tuition funding - is indeed a crisis not faced by most of our colleagues for 20 or 30 years, if at all in our lifetime.

Cheryl Armstrong takes new position; Heather Brown now serving as Managing Director; staff accomplishments...

Did you know the CCBO Job Opportunities Board is your online employment connection, created with the needs of community college business officers in mind? This is a free benefit to all CCBO members.

Summary of presentation by Ken Sharp, PhD, Colorado Community College System, at one of the past CCBO Annual Conferences...

Summary of a presentation by Galen Howsare, Vice President of Administration and Finance, Hawkeye Community College, at one of the past CCBO Annual Conferences...

Summary of a presentation by Keith Houck, Vice President for Administration, Valencia Community College, at one of the past CCBO Annual Conferences...

Save the date to connect with fellow members and business partners at the CCBO 27th Annual Conference! Join us October 31 - November 3, 2009, in Palm Springs, California, at the Westin Mission Hills Resort. The hotel room block is now open!

CCBO is always looking for articles from the business officer community to publish in The Bottom Line or on the CCBO Web site.

A warm welcome to our new institutional and business partner members: Baltimore City Community College, Community College system of New Hampshire, Fair Collections & Outsourcing (FCO), Perkins Eastman, PFM Group, Riverside Community College District, Sheridan College, and Three Rivers Community College.

Your dues renewal invoice will arrive at the end of April. Thank you for your continued membership involvement in CCBO!

On Tuesday night, the McLennan Community College trustees officially named Johnette McKown to become the third president in the college's more than 40 years.

Funded by MetLife Foundation, AACC's Center for Workforce and Economic Development has published a new report that profiles successful community college workforce development partnerships and leading tools and resources from across the country. The report is called "Sustaining Partnerships for Regional Economic Growth."