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Draft:Association for Community Colleges

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Association for Community Colleges (ACC) was a European, non-profit, and non-governmental member organization.[1] The ACC was founded on 11 August 1999[2] on a chatpage on the platform Peoplesite[3] and dissolved 19 December 2021.[4]

The ACC advocated for forming a European transnational public sphere by means of European civic education[5], taking inspiration from the residential Nordic Folk High Schools’ education system and the delivery of the international courses run at Højskolen Østersøen (Folk High School Østersøen) in 1997-98[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

ACC was founded by former course participants and employees who participated in, respectively organized Højskolen Østersøen's "minority courses" in 1997 and 1998.[13]

The association had headquarters, ACC International Programme Office, at, among other places, Højskolen Snoghøj[14], Højskolen Østersøen[15] and in Falstersgade 44 in Aarhus[16] – all in Denmark.

The ACC had members in almost all European countries[17]. In 2004, the ACC had more than 400 members[18]. In 2006, ACC had more than 600 members[19]

The name edit

“Although there is a direct link with the Danish folkehøjskole (Folk High School), and the original experience of the founders of the ACC comes from it, there was an attempt to move away from the misleading folk concept and the equally problematic English translation of højskole, high school. The title Community Colleges was proposed by Anne Marie Morris, principal at the Rødding Højskole.”[20] Hence, Association for Community Colleges (ACC).

“The founders were not aware that “community college” was already a well-established concept in for instance the United States, where it stands for something different. This does create some confusion now and then.”[21]

The vision[22] edit

The context of the educational policy ideas and activities emerging in the ACC was the ever closer and wider European political cooperation, particularly as this process condensed in EU institutions and in the continuous EU enlargements after the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

ACC's starting point was that the European political community would have to supplement itself with a European civic education dimension if the community was to continue to be viable and legitimate. Hence, the ACC advocated for forming a European public sphere by means of European civic education.

This was the frame of reference, when ACC's founders caught sight of the form of school known as Folk High Schools in Scandinavia– or Community Colleges as became the term within ACC: the founders saw this form of school as a possible advantageous component in a future, post-national, and European civic education infrastructure.

The mission edit

The means to confirm and spread the vision was i.a. to prepare for and carry through more Community College Courses replicating the course delivery, founders knew from Højskolen Østersøen; each group of course participants in community college courses resembled a sample European public sphere.[23]

Through its lifetime, ACC and its Committees carried out Community College Courses for mainly young Europeans all over Europe – in Latvia,[24][25] Denmark, Romania,[26][27] Italy,[28][29][30][31] Slovenia,[32] Hungary, Netherlands,[33] Germany, Greece, and Spain. The single Community College Course was always a project in its own right, and it was formulated and presented as an independent project. However, it would also always be means for promoting ACC’s further vision.[34]

The project Youth2002[35] became a major showcase for the vision of the ACC, as the idea of making Denmark’s EU Presidency[36] combined with Danish exceptional subsidies[37] a vehicle for the vision materialized. Youth2002 brought together 1,000 young people from all over Europe for a two-week course at 13 residential Folk High Schools in Denmark.[38] Together, they developed a proposal for a European constitution[39][40]. Youth2002 was implemented in collaboration with Nyt Europa, Folkehøjskolernes Forening i Danmark (FFD), IUC-Europe, Dansk Ungdoms Fællesråd (DUF), Ask Højskole, Askov Højskole, Brandbjerg Højskole, Egmont Højskolen, Esbjerg Højskole, Højskolen Østersøen, International People’s College, Oure Idrætshøjskole, Ry Højskole, Rønshoved Højskole, Skælskør Folkehøjskole, and IT-Folkehøjskolen Snoghøj.

Another artefact in campaigning for discussing ACC’s final vision was the “Act on European Community Colleges”[41], which was a fake EU Act put in circulation around New Year’s Eve 2001.

Miscellaneous edit

Up to 2012 ACC was an independent chapter of Association for World Education (AWE)[42]

Up to 2012 ACC was a member of the European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA)[43]

ACC was an alliance partner of European Alliance for the Statute of the European Association (EASEA)[44]

ACC achieved the “Outstanding Achievement in Global Work Award” of the Organization Development Network (ODN) in 2004[45]

The ACC was publisher of ACCENT - Community Colleges for Europe. ISSN: 1603-5135[46]

References edit

  1. ^ ACC Statutes
  2. ^ Association for Community Colleges | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations
  3. ^ Riis-Søndergaard, Laust: Solformørkelse og oplysning – Association for Community Colleges vil skabe højskoler på europæisk basis. Højskolebladet 20, 128. årgang, december 2003, page 43-44.
  4. ^ Association for Community Colleges | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations
  5. ^ Association for Community Colleges | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations
  6. ^ ACC Statutes
  7. ^ Riis-Søndergaard, Laust: Solformørkelse og oplysning – Association for Community Colleges vil skabe højskoler på europæisk basis. Højskolebladet 20, 128. årgang, december 2003. page 43-44
  8. ^ Nikolova, Natalia: Ролята на неформалното образование в обединена Европа. Асоциация за обществени колежи  със  Седалище Дания. Образование 2004/4, Година XIII, page 84-86
  9. ^ Mikkelsen, Morten: Grundtvig på europæisk. Kristeligt Dagblad, 21 May, 2005, page 2.
  10. ^ Malik, Szilvia: Asociácia spoločenstva vysokých škôl. Mosty 20, 27 September, 2005, page 4.
  11. ^ Cramon, Mette (2001-03-15). "Højskolemodel skal skabe dialog | jv.dk". jv.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  12. ^ Lucie Čížková: Learning for European Co-Citizenship – Danish Contribution to the Educational Aspect of Post-National Identity Formation in Europe, Chapter V, page 89-98. Univerzita Karlova – Charles University, Prague, 2003/2004.
  13. ^ Lucie Čížková: Learning for European Co-Citizenship – Danish Contribution to the Educational Aspect of Post-National Identity Formation in Europe, Chapter V. Univerzita Karlova – Charles University, Prague, 2003/2004.
  14. ^ Petersen, John: Nichtexklusive europäische Identität für alle. Der Nordschleswiger, 3 August, 2000, page 19.
  15. ^ Cramon, Mette: Højskolemodel skal skabe dialog. Jydske Vestkysten, march 15th 2001.
  16. ^ ACC International Programme Office
  17. ^ Association for Community Colleges | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations
  18. ^ Az európai gondolat oktatása. Véletlenül éppen Dániában. Népszabadság Online, 11 November 2004.
  19. ^ Branny, Dariusz: Młodzi w Europie. ACC, czyli integracja powiązana z dyplomacją. Głos - Gazeta Polaków w Republice Czeskiej, 11 April 2006.
  20. ^ Lucie Čížková: Learning for European Co-Citizenship – Danish Contribution to the Educational Aspect of Post-National Identity Formation in Europe, Chapter V, page 96. Univerzita Karlova – Charles University, Prague, 2003/2004, and Campaigning for Community Colleges. Annual 2000 of the ACC. Page 3-4.
  21. ^ ACC News 1 January 2010
  22. ^ Lucie Čížková: Learning for European Co-Citizenship – Danish Contribution to the Educational Aspect of Post-National Identity Formation in Europe, Univerzita Karlova – Charles University, Prague, 2003/2004.
  23. ^ Lucie Čížková: Learning for European Co-Citizenship – Danish Contribution to the Educational Aspect of Post-National Identity Formation in Europe, Univerzita Karlova – Charles University, Prague, 2003/2004, page 99.
  24. ^ Salmina, Sandra & Petersen, John: The Association for Community Colleges (ACC) and the European Integration. Baltic Sea Dialogue no.2, 2001, page 12-13.
  25. ^ Salmina, Sandra & Jakobsone, Linda: Tautskolas Latvija un Eiropa. Sveiks Eiropa No. 11. (XII 2000)
  26. ^ Bágyi Bencze, Jakob: Erdélyi Népföiskola 2001 konferencija. Hargita Népe, 3 juli 2001.
  27. ^ Murányi, Antal: A kisebbségekröl tárgyalnak. Krónika 29 Juni 2001
  28. ^ Fabiani, Paolo: I giovani a Casa Cares per l’identità europea. La Nazione. 3 August 2003.
  29. ^ Cardi, Silvia & Pistolesi, Marzia: Eiropa dei diritti. Il Fogliaccio. 19 September 2003.
  30. ^ Valvo, Eva:“Europe of Rights Community College”. Riforma. 5 September 2003.
  31. ^ Langeneck, Klaus: Una città tollerante senza guerre di religioni. Riforma, 1 October 2004.
  32. ^ …ugriznil ”Dobro voljo”. Primorski Pes, 11 Juni 2004
  33. ^ van Kempen, Pauline: Letse liedjes en dansjes op én Fries eiland. Leeuwarder Courant 3 August 2005
  34. ^ Italian - coming up
  35. ^ Youth2002
  36. ^ Letter from ACC Board to Danish Minister of Education, Margrethe Vestager, 27. Juli 2000.
  37. ^ Petersen, John (1999-10-17). "Europæiske højskoler er fremtiden". Politiken. pp. 10, debate section.
  38. ^ Josevski, Aleksandar (2002-07-01). "Europas fremtid i Danmark". Politiken.
  39. ^ Josevski, Aleksandar: Ungdommens idealistiske realisme. Politiken 13. Juli 2002, page 6
  40. ^ Ritzau (2002-07-12). "De unge overhalede politikerne". Jyllandsposten.
  41. ^ Journal of World Education, vol.33, no.1, 2003. Page 50-55. ISSN 0904-3063
  42. ^ Association for Community Colleges | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations
  43. ^ EAEA Activity Report 2012, page 38
  44. ^ European Alliance for the Statute of the European Association | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations
  45. ^ "Outstanding Achievement in Global Work Award - OD Network".
  46. ^ "ACCENT - Community Colleges for Europe!". soeg.kb.dk. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
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