The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Exemplary Program Award. Sponsored annually by the Foundation for California Community Colleges, the Board of Governors established the Exemplary Program Award in 1991 to recognize outstanding community college programs.

The California Community College system is the largest public higher education system in the country, enrolling almost 2 million students. The theme for the 2024-25 Exemplary Program Award is: Integrating, Advancing, and Sustaining Open Educational Resources for Access and Equity.

Strong nominees will demonstrate how their program could serve as a sustainable and comprehensive model for other colleges' Open Educational Resources (OER) efforts in one or more of the following areas:

broadening access and awareness of OER among faculty
making OER accessible using Universal Design for Learning principles
developing OER with culturally-relevant content grounded in inclusive, diversity-focused, equitable, and anti-racist principles
developing resources to support professional development that broadens the creation and use of OER content
finding ongoing support for revising OER content

Basic Information

The 2024-2025 award theme is: Integrating, Advancing, and Sustaining Open Educational Resources for Access and Equity.
Each college or district may nominate one program.
Up to two California community college programs will receive cash awards of $4,000
Up to four California community college programs will receive honorable mention plaques.
Completed applications must be received by the ASCCC office by 11:59 p.m. on November 10, 2024.

Applications must be submitted via the ASCCC Exemplary Program Award online application along with a copy of the signatures page and supporting letter. You will receive a notification via the online portal once your application has been received.

Exemplary Program Award recipients are selected from throughout the state with no more than two from any single ASCCC area. Recipients will be notified when the selection process is completed. A minimum of three nominations statewide must be received for the selection process to proceed. The selection committee will complete the review process by early December. Winners of this prestigious award will be honored at the January 2025 Board of Governors' meeting. Please contact the ASCCC office with any questions.

Application Checklist and Procedure:

1. Applications must be submitted via the online portal along with a copy of the signatures page and supporting letter. You will receive a notification via the online portal once your application has been received.

2. One letter of support from the college Academic Senate President OR College President that verifies the overall impact of the program and the college’s commitment to its ongoing support, submitted with the online application. (Joint letters are accepted.) Please do not include more than one letter.

Download Signature Page (copy and paste the link into a web browser): https://asccc.org/events/exemplary-program-award-0

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