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Formation | 1999|08|11 |
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Founded at | Peoplesite |
Dissolved | 2021|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). |
Website | acc.eu.org |
Association for Community Colleges (ACC) was a European, non-profit, 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]
Thus, 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 association's main office, ACC International Programme Office, was located in various places in Denmark, including Højskolen Snoghøj, Højskolen Østersøen and Falstersgade 44 in Aarhus. These locations served as the central hubs for the association's activities throughout Europe.
The establishment of ACC can be traced back to the alumni and staff of Højskolen Østersøen's "minority courses" held in 1997 and 1998. Individuals having either attended or facilitated these courses, came together to form the organization. [8]
“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.” [9] Hence, Association for Community Colleges (ACC).
The name similarity with Anglo-Saxon institutions, seems to be coincidental, 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.” [10]
The ACC had members in almost all European countries. In 2004, the ACC had more than 400 members, and in 2006 ACC had more than 600 members [11]
The historical context of the views of 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 in the decades after the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
ACC 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.
Hence, the ACC advocated for forming a European public sphere by means of European civic education. The 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. This formed the vision of the ACC: The founders saw this form of school as a possible advantageous component in a future, post-national, and European civic education infrastructure. [12]
Means to confirm and spread the vision of the Association for Community Colleges (ACC) was i.a. to 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. [13]
From 2000 to 2010, ACC and its Committees carried out Community College Courses in Latvia, Denmark, Romania, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Netherlands, Germany, Greece, and Spain. The single Community College Courses were formulated and presented as independent projects, while at the same time they would always be means for promoting ACC’s further vision. [14]
The ACC conceived the idea of making Denmark’s 2002 EU Presidency combined with Danish exceptional subsidies a vehicle for its vision. The idea merged with similar ideas and became the project and project organization Youth 2002. [15]
Youth 2002 brought together 1,000 young Europeans for a two-week course at 13 residential Folk High Schools in Denmark. The common content of the courses was the preparation of a proposal for a European constitution. Youth 2002 was implemented by the 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.
An artefact in campaigning for ACC’s final vision was the Act on European Community Colleges [16], a simulated EU Act disseminated around the turn of the year 2001.Another artefact was the EU-supported First European Community College (FECC) project. This project 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] [17] [18] A Co-citizenship EQF [19] was created in response to the established European Qualifications Framework (EQF).
Until 2012, Association for Community Colleges (ACC) was an independent chapter of Association for World Education (AWE) [20] 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) [21] and played a role in 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. [22]
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Submission declined on 9 July 2024 by
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the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. Entries should be written from a
neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of
independent, reliable, published sources. Please rewrite your submission in a more encyclopedic format. Please make sure to avoid
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Submission declined on 11 June 2024 by
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verified. If you need help with referencing, please see
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Citing sources. Declined by
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Submission declined on 5 February 2024 by
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talk). This submission is not adequately supported by
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verified. If you need help with referencing, please see
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Citing sources. This draft's references do not show that the subject
qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are: Declined by
DoubleGrazing 5 months ago.
| ![]() |
Formation | 1999|08|11 |
---|---|
Founded at | Peoplesite |
Dissolved | 2021|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). |
Website | acc.eu.org |
Association for Community Colleges (ACC) was a European, non-profit, 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]
Thus, 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 association's main office, ACC International Programme Office, was located in various places in Denmark, including Højskolen Snoghøj, Højskolen Østersøen and Falstersgade 44 in Aarhus. These locations served as the central hubs for the association's activities throughout Europe.
The establishment of ACC can be traced back to the alumni and staff of Højskolen Østersøen's "minority courses" held in 1997 and 1998. Individuals having either attended or facilitated these courses, came together to form the organization. [8]
“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.” [9] Hence, Association for Community Colleges (ACC).
The name similarity with Anglo-Saxon institutions, seems to be coincidental, 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.” [10]
The ACC had members in almost all European countries. In 2004, the ACC had more than 400 members, and in 2006 ACC had more than 600 members [11]
The historical context of the views of 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 in the decades after the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
ACC 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.
Hence, the ACC advocated for forming a European public sphere by means of European civic education. The 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. This formed the vision of the ACC: The founders saw this form of school as a possible advantageous component in a future, post-national, and European civic education infrastructure. [12]
Means to confirm and spread the vision of the Association for Community Colleges (ACC) was i.a. to 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. [13]
From 2000 to 2010, ACC and its Committees carried out Community College Courses in Latvia, Denmark, Romania, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Netherlands, Germany, Greece, and Spain. The single Community College Courses were formulated and presented as independent projects, while at the same time they would always be means for promoting ACC’s further vision. [14]
The ACC conceived the idea of making Denmark’s 2002 EU Presidency combined with Danish exceptional subsidies a vehicle for its vision. The idea merged with similar ideas and became the project and project organization Youth 2002. [15]
Youth 2002 brought together 1,000 young Europeans for a two-week course at 13 residential Folk High Schools in Denmark. The common content of the courses was the preparation of a proposal for a European constitution. Youth 2002 was implemented by the 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.
An artefact in campaigning for ACC’s final vision was the Act on European Community Colleges [16], a simulated EU Act disseminated around the turn of the year 2001.Another artefact was the EU-supported First European Community College (FECC) project. This project 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] [17] [18] A Co-citizenship EQF [19] was created in response to the established European Qualifications Framework (EQF).
Until 2012, Association for Community Colleges (ACC) was an independent chapter of Association for World Education (AWE) [20] 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) [21] and played a role in 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. [22]