FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 6, 2005

“Addressing the Leadership Gap”

Jacksonville, Florida—The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that by the year 2011, our economy will need 10 million more workers than will be available. Research conducted by Christopher Shultz in 2001 for the American Association of Community Colleges found that turnover in community college president and vice president/deans positions posed a critical problem for the nation’s 1157 community colleges. Dale F. Campbell, Principal Investigator & Author The Leadership Gap & Senior Consultant FuturesLeaders-Assessment Technologies Group recently replicated this study and found that colleges would experience a similar leadership gap in their administrative/professional positions.

Community college presidents project the following levels of retirements by area for their administrative staff between 2006-10:

Administrative Staff 11-25% 26 >50%

Academic Affairs 38% 13%

(Dir. Learning Resources, Institutional Research, etc.)

Student Affairs 31% 9%

(Registrar, Dir. Financial Aid, etc)

Business Affairs 28% 10%

(Dir. Accounting, Human Resources, etc.)

College leaders from eight states including presidents of the American Association of Community College and the Association of College Registrars and Admissions Officers will meet for an invitational FuturesLeaders Administrative Work Profiling Session on Friday, September 23^rd at the University Club in Jacksonville, Florida. The purpose of the work group will be to 1) develop a Work Profiles for the community college registrar-the position that was selected by the participants as most critical for their colleges, and 2) explore new strategies for colleges to reduce their recruitment costs and increase the effectiveness of their hiring processes. Participants will work as a team to develop the job profile and knowledge, skills and the description of abilities necessary for future administrative staff.

The session is sponsored by Assessment Technologies Group, Inc. in Jacksonville, Florida. ATG is a full service, industrial/organizational consultancy that provides human resource decision support. "ATG's Mission is to enhance the workplace performance of our clients through customized strategies and tactics for Human Capital Management." For additional information contact: Stephen Pollan, Chief Executive Officer, Assessment Technologies Group, 4887 Belfort Road, Suite 105, Jacksonville, FL 32256 Phone 1-800-737-5622 or 1-904-332-7227.