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Walter Bumphus named as new President and CEO for AACC
WASHINGTON -- The American Association of Community Colleges announced Monday, June 22, that it had selected Walter G. Bumphus, who has led two-year institutions of all types in nearly 40 years in higher education, as its new president and chief executive officer. Bumphus, now A.M. Aikin Regents Chair in Community College Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin, will succeed George R. Boggs as AACC's top official in January. The former president of Brookhaven College, Baton Rouge Community College, and Louisiana's two-year-college system will take the reins of the 1,200-member community college association at a time when the institutions are in the public policy spotlight -- and potentially the cross hairs -- as never before. While two-year colleges have faced (and are likely to continue to face) increasing pressure to improve their completion rates at a time of diminishing state and other resources, Bumphus takes what he calls a "half-full" view of the institutions' status. "There has never been a brighter spotlight, and flashlight, on community colleges than today, but community colleges have never been better than they are today," Bumphus said in a telephone interview Monday after AACC announced his selection by its Board of Directors. "We're starting to become a community of colleges that are focused on a culture of evidence, truly looking at performance, and I am convinced that we are moving the needle in terms of student success. |
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