Phase II: Connecting Central

Texans to jobs
ACC is making preparations for future development at
ACC Highland, with plans to repurpose the site to serve
as a regional workforce innovation center.
Regional health sciences center, including STEM
simulator lab
Digital and creative media center

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Culinary and hospitality center

Professional incubator space

FLEXIBLE FACILITIES, EVOLVING NEEDS:

Partnering to benefit students

and the workforce
ACC and Rackspace Hosting are working toward a new
public-private partnership that represents the future of
higher education. Rackspace, managed cloud specialists,
will bring 570 employees to ACC Highland, with benefits
to the college including:
Internships
Continuing education for ACC faculty
On-campus job fairs

The college is transforming one of the first shopping

centers in the Austin area Highland Mall into a
regional hub for higher education. Whats happening
at Highland is a first in the nation, and its now a reality
for Central Texas.

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ACC Highland re-envisions higher education as we

know it. Imagine a state-of-the-art facility, stretching
1.2 million square feet, where Austin Community College
can bring innovative instruction, flexible training labs,
business incubator space, public-private partnerships,
and nonprofit resources under one roof
all to benefit
students and the communities we serve.

In addition to college resources such as advising/

counseling and financial aid, ACC Highland students
will have on-site access to the colleges nonprofit partners
such as Capital IDEA which supports low-income
adults as they earn the credentials they need to enter
well-paying careers.

Rackspace guest lecturers and adjunct instructors

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THE VISION

Supporting students to
reach their goals

Rackspace-funded scholarships

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RESHAPING EDUCATION &

REVITALIZING A COMMUNITY

A key aspect of the colleges Highland planning

involves making the facilities flexibleable to adapt
to different training programs as the economy
evolves and new industries come to the forefront.

The college is using a variety of funding mechanisms

to bring ACC Highland to fruition.
Phase I: Student tuition and fees
Public/private partnership: Privately funded by developer

Phase I: State-of-the-art campus opens

Phase II: General obligation (GO) bonds passed by voters

in November 2014

ACC opened phase I of Highland Campus in August 2014

with almost 4,000 students.

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150,000 sq. ft. - retail

20,000 - students

1.3M sq. ft. - institutional

1,200 - residential units

6,800 - employees

800,000 sq. ft. - office

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1,800 - residents

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The long-term Highland vision is, in partnership with RedLeaf Properties,

to create a premier mixed-use destination for lifelong learning, living,
shopping, and entertainment.

A renovation of 200,000 square feet of space formerly

occupied by J.C. Penney, the campus includes state-of-the-art
classrooms, computer labs, study areas, library and media
center, student commons, and ACCelerator the nations
largest learning lab, providing more than 600 computer
stations for individualized instruction through technology.

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ACCelerator AT HIGHLAND:
A NEW APPROACH TO MATH
ACC is using the Highland Campus
ACCelerator to revolutionize
instruction of developmental math
the biggest challenge for college
students nationwide. ACCelerator
offers a new course, MATD 0421,
that allows students to complete
more than one course, or possibly
the entire developmental
mathematicscurriculum, in a single
semester. If they need more time,
they wont lose any progress at the
end of the semester.