Planned retirements and demographic trends suggest a crisis for community college leadership in the near future. This article describes a recently initiated program to develop current and future leaders in Massachusetts through a year-long Community College Leadership Academy. The article describes the model for the Academy, including the purposes, structures, Fellows, curriculum, expectations, and evaluation, and the article presents the lessons learned during the first year.
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