Seven community colleges and WSU are a separate division that will bring back improvements to whole system. Rich Henry said this is a prototype that the system will have to do more of. This encourages innovation but these innovations are brought back to whole system once the concepts are proven. Vic Albino asked if the LAAP Grant was a 50-50 match. No additional money from colleges is needed.
Meetings are in the process of being scheduled.
Participation is looking good. There are other areas that are not well represented such as Faculty, etc. Harley asked how colleges would be chosen for the visits. Marge suggested one large, one medium, one small, rural, and urban should be visited. Sue said that technical colleges would be special.