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  • Comment: The tone is still substantially problematic. There are several seemingly unnecessary cutaways and direct quotes on tangential topics. "[t]he 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.", is this an interview? Is there WP:COI? Why is this group actually notable? Utopes (talk / cont) 21:40, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: There is a very great deal wrong with the text and tone. Wikipedia doesn't have any interest in magazine narrative tone, nor in anything akin to drawing a conclusion. "Thus" draws a conclusion, as does "hence" and the quote prior to the latter is not required.
    "can be traced back". Can it? We do not need possibility, we need facts, please. Same with "the historical context of the views of the ACC was the ever closer and wider " which is narrative, not facts.
    Rather than my picking every sentence apart please edit this for tone, please remove your own POV, and cute, cut, and cut again 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 07:36, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: Per WP:ORG, we need to see significant coverage of the organisation in multiple secondary sources that are reliable and entirely independent of the subject.
    Offline sources must be cited with sufficient details to enable them to be reliably identified for verification purposes; see WP:OFFLINE for advice. (Online sources would be preferred, obviously.) DoubleGrazing (talk) 10:22, 5 February 2024 (UTC)


Association for Community Colleges
Formation1999|08|11
Founded atPeoplesite
Dissolved2021|12|19
Region
Europe
Official language
English
Main organ
General Assembly
Award(s)“Outstanding Achievement in Global Work Award” 2004 of the Organization Development Network (ODN).
Websiteacc.eu.org

Association for Community Colleges (ACC) was a European, nonprofit and non-governmental member organization. The ACC was founded on 11 August 1999 and dissolved 19 December 2021.[1]

The ACC advocated for forming a European transnational public sphere by means of European civic education, 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.[2][3][4][5]

The ACC promoted a model for schooling traditionally attributed to N.F.S. Grundtvig, while ideologically the ACC was based on the philosophy of Jürgen Habermas.[6]

The ACC has been described as a campaign organization.[7]

The highest authority of the ACC was its annual General Assembly, while the day-to-day management was handled by a board of up to seven members.

The ACC's main office, ACC International Programme Office, was located in various places in Denmark, including Højskolen Snoghøj, Højskolen Østersøen[8] and Falstersgade 44 in Aarhus.[9]

The ACC was registered as a publisher.[10]

History and vision

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First board of Association for Community Colleges (ACC). Skopje, November 1999.
First board of Association for Community Colleges (ACC). From left: Josephine Listherby, Linda Jākobsone, Conchi Gallego, Jesper Nielsen, Mjellma Mehmeti, Siebren de Boer, John Petersen (John Mehmeti-Petersen), Eva Valvo, László Dani (photo). Skopje, November 1999.

The Association for Community Colleges (ACC) was founded by alumni and staff of Højskolen Østersøen's "minority courses" held in 1997 and 1998.[11]

The ACC founders claimed 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.[12][13][14]

ACC saw the kind of schools known as Folk High Schools in Denmark as a possible component in a future, post-national, and European civic education infrastructure.[15]

“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.”[16]

The name similarity with Anglo-Saxon institutions, community colleges, is unintended, as “[t]he 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.”[17]

In 2004, the ACC had more than 400 members, and in 2006 ACC had more than 600 members throughout Europe.[18]

Campaign and mission

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The Association for Community Colleges (ACC) carried out European Community College Courses replicating the course delivery, founders knew from Højskolen Østersøen; each group of course participants "simultaneously forming small samples of European public sphere".[19]

The courses were implemented at Rites Tautskola and Sārnate (Latvia), Ryslinge Højskole, Højskolen Østersøen, Rønshoved Højskole and International People’s College (Denmark), Studium Foundation Targu-Mures and Reformat Church School in Szeklyudvarhely/Odorheiu (Transylvania, Romania), Slovenski Dijaški Dom and Casa Cares (Trieste and Tuscany, Italy), Hostel Pliskovica (Slovenia), Németh László Akadémia (Hungary), Folkshegeskoalle Schylgeralân (The Netherlands), Zentrum für Erwachsenenbildung Stephansstift (Hannover, Germany), Rodos Palace Hotel (Greece), and at Amayuelas de Abajo Hostel (Spain).[20] The single Community College Courses were formulated and presented as independent projects, while at the same time means for promoting ACC’s vision.[21]

The ACC suggested to make Denmark’s 2002 EU Presidency[22] combined with Danish exceptional subsidies[23] a vehicle for its vision, the project and project organization Youth 2002:[24]

Youth 2002 brought together 1,000 young Europeans for a two-week course at 13 residential Folk High Schools in Denmark.[25] The common content of this event was the preparation of a proposal for a European constitution.[26][27] Youth 2002 was implemented by Association for Community Colleges (ACC) 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.[28]

An artefact in ACC’s campaigning was the Act on European Community Colleges[29], a simulated EU Act disseminated at the turn of the year 2001/2.[30] The EU-supported project, First European Community College (FECC), sparked discussions in Denmark regarding the location for the inaugural institution of its type, concurrent with the Danish Parliament's deliberations on a pilot program to permit funding under Danish legislation.[4][31][32] A Co-citizenship EQF was created in parallel to the established European Qualifications Framework (EQF).[33]

European Civil Society

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Association for Community Colleges (ACC) was an independent chapter of Association for World Education (AWE)[34] and of the European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA). ACC was an alliance partner of European Alliance for the Statute of the European Association (EASEA)[35] and joined NECE (Networking European Citizenship Education), when it was established by the German Federal Agency for Civic Education of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community.[36]

Publications

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Association for Community Colleges (ACC) was registered as a publisher. The following titles were published during the lifetime of the ACC:

  • ACCENT - Community Colleges for Europe! ISSN: 1603-5135
    • This is just a beginning. ACCENT December 2003, no. 1.
    • Youth proposal for a common European Constitution. ACCENT December 2003, no. 2.
    • European Love and Other Challenges of Enlargement. ACCENT July 2005. No. 3.
    • A European Demos. ACCENT April 2006. No. 4.
  • Campaigning for Community Colleges: Annual 2000 of the ACC. ISBN 8791372003 / EAN 978-87-91372-00-1
  • Schools for Europe: Annual 2001 of the ACC. ISBN 8791372011 / EAN 978-87-91372-01-8
  • Youth 2002.Annual 2002 of the ACC ISBN 8791372038 / EAN 978-87-91372-03-2
  • Bridging Community Colleges: Annual 2003 of the ACC. ISBN 8791372046 / EAN 978-87-91372-04-9
  • Learning and living together: Annual 2004 of the ACC. ISBN 8791372054 / EAN 978-87-91372-05-6
  • Europe, Let's focus: Annual 2005 of the ACC. ISBN 8791372070 / EAN 978-87-91372-07-0
  • Periods of Reflection. Annual 2006-7 of the ACC. ISBN 8791372089 / EAN 978-87-91372-08-7
  • European Songbook - 44 songs from all over Europe. Collected by Naomi Woltring. ISBN 8791372062 / EAN 8791372063

In addition, ACC assumed editorial responsibility for the following publications:

Notes

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  1. ^ Still online (2024-06-16) at www.acc.eu.org
  2. ^ Riis-Søndergaard, Laust (December 2003). "Solformørkelse og oplysning – Association for Community Colleges vil skabe højskoler på europæisk basis". Højskolebladet. 128. årgang (20): 43–44.
  3. ^ Nikolova, Natalia: Ролята на неформалното образование в обединена Европа. Асоциация за обществени колежи  със  Седалище Дания. Образование 2004/4, Година XIII, page 84-86
  4. ^ a b Mikkelsen, Morten: Grundtvig på europæisk. Kristeligt Dagblad, 21 May, 2005, page 2.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Malik, Szilvia (2005-09-27). "Asociácia spoločenstva vysokých škôl". Mosty. p. 4.
  7. ^ Bramming, Pernille (2002-07-12). "Europa er her". Weekendavisen. p. 2.
  8. ^ Schools for Europe: Annual 2001 of the ACC. Aabenraa: Association for Community Colleges. 2002. p. 2. ISBN 8791372011.
  9. ^ Bridging Community Colleges: Annual 2003 of the ACC. Aarhus: Association for Community Colleges. 2003. p. 2. ISBN 8791372046.
  10. ^ DBC Digital Liste
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Petersen, John (2000-08-02). "Nichtexklusive europäische Identität für alle". Der Nordschleswiger.
  13. ^ Ilyes, Agota (2000-08-08). "Népföiskolák nemzetközi értekezlete Dániabán". Szabadszág. p. 1.
  14. ^ Petersen, John. "Om et fremtidigt europæisk civilsamfund". Højskolebladet.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "ACC - New name to the ACC?". www.acc.eu.org.
  18. ^ According to reports: Az európai gondolat oktatása. Véletlenül éppen Dániában. Népszabadság Online, 11 November 2004 & Branny, Dariusz: Młodzi w Europie. ACC, czyli integracja powiązana z dyplomacją. Głos - Gazeta Polaków w Republice Czeskiej, 11 April 2006.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ According to ACC Annuals, cf. publications
  21. ^ Fabiani, Paolo: I giovani a Casa Cares per l'identità europea. La Nazione, 3. August 2003.
  22. ^ Letter from ACC Board to Danish Minister of Education, Margrethe Vestager, 27. Juli 2000.
  23. ^ Petersen, John (1999-10-17). "Europæiske højskoler er fremtiden". Politiken. pp. 10, debate section.
  24. ^ Still online (2024-06-16) at Youth2002 while the opening speech by Anders Fogh Rasmussen is still online at the Danish Prime Minister's Office website.
  25. ^ Josevski, Aleksandar (2002-07-01). "Europas fremtid i Danmark". Politiken.
  26. ^ Josevski, Aleksandar: Ungdommens idealistiske realisme. Politiken 13. Juli 2002, page 6
  27. ^ "Young people back 'chamber of EU citizens'". POLITICO. 2002-11-06. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  28. ^ Journal of World Education, vol.33, no.1, 2003. Page 3. ISSN 0904-3063
  29. ^ Journal of World Education, vol.33, no.1, 2003. Page 50-55. ISSN 0904-3063
  30. ^ Schools for Europe: Annual 2001 of the ACC. Aabenraa: Association for Community Colleges. 2002. p. 16. ISBN 8791372011.
  31. ^ Mikkelsen, Morten (2005-05-21). "Højskoler skal føre an i global vækkelse". Kristeligt Dagblad. p. 1.
  32. ^ Editorial (holm) (2005-05-21). "Grundtvigs arv". Kristeligt Dagblad. p. 10.
  33. ^ "Co-citizenship.eu". 2007-05-04. Archived from the original on 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  34. ^ "Association for Community Colleges | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations". uia.org.
  35. ^ European Alliance for the Statute of the European Association | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations
  36. ^ The configuration of the European Civil Society and its links to the ACC is described in: da Cruz, Aline Pecorari, A participação da sociedade civil européia, através das Organizações Não Governamentais (ONGs), nos rumos dos projetos educacionais da União Européia. Cadernos jurídicos : curso de direito UNISAL. pp 164-178
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