Trustees Rely on News Media to Stay Informed on Economic Development

FIGURE 10

Trustees Rely on News Media to Stay Informed on Economic Development

Percent of trustees who selected each source as one of their top three ways to stay informed about regional economic development issues and initiatives

Bar chart of multi-select survey data about how trustees stay informed on regional economic development where 80.2% selected “news and media outlets” and 58.3% selected “conversations with peers at other institutions”

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Source: Survey of 145 community college presidents and trustees; conducted by New America’s Future of Work & Innovation Economy Initiative and the Center for Policy and Practice at the Association of Community College Trustees, May–June 2026. Figure reflects responses from 96 trustees.

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