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Dear friend of Community Colleges Australia, It is with both sadness and gratitude that I announce that after more than seven years of service, Dr Don Perlgut has resigned from his position as CEO of Community Colleges Australia (CCA), effective 14 July 2023. Since he commenced as CEO in late 2015, Don has played a critical role...

Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has released its NSW Election Policy Platform for the upcoming 25 March election. The platform has been sent to all major candidates for the lower house, with a request for their support for adult and community education (ACE) providers during the next term of government. The Policy Platform...

CCA CEO, Dr Don Perlgut, comments below on how COVID-19 impacts disadvantaged and vulnerable Australians and what that means for training engagement.

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There is – and will be for some time to come – a "long tail" of impact by COVID-19 on disadvantaged Australians and communities, which will impact their ability to participate in...

In the following article, CCA CEO, Dr Don Perlgut analyses the new energy in Australian foundation skills policy and recommends ways to improve it.

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Three years ago, at the beginning of the COVID-19 wave in Australia, many commentators quoted a famous saying from Vladimir Lenin: “There are decades where nothing...

While the digital access divide has gotten a lot of attention in the USA, the digital skill divide has had a much lower profile. That’s changing, according to a major new report from the US National Skills Coalition and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, called Read more