News 

2/1/2012 - Call for proposals for community colleges to participate in a a curriculum and faculty development project.

1/30/2012 - Funding opportunities for community colleges from Higher Education for Development (HED).

01/27/2012 - Today, the Obama administration released far-reaching proposals for federal higher education programs.

1/25/2012 - President Obama highlights the role of community colleges in workforce development in his State of the Union Address.

1/25/2012 - President Obama emphasized the role of community colleges in his blueprint for economic recovery in his State of the Union address.

1/11/2012 - Migration Policy Institute's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy is accepting applications for the 2012 E Pluribus Unum Prizes.

01/05/2012 - AACC is proud to announce the release of a new video series, Advancing Technological Education: Student Voices, Student Leaders produced by ATETV and funded by the NSF.

12/19/2011 - Congress has approved final FY 2012 appropriations legislation.

12/15/2011 - Dr. Gail Schwartz selected as senior vice president by AACC.

12/14/2011 - AACC's Government Relations team presented the 2011 year-end legislative update webinar.

12/13/2011 - Florida’s Valencia College has received the inaugural Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.

12/9/2011 - AACC asks its members to urge their representatives and senators to support community college funding in the LHHS appropriations bill.

11/29/2011 - AACC statement commends the approval of the final report of the Department of Education’s Committee on Measures of Student Success.

11/16/2011 - Colorado Community College System recently featured in two news articles with videos in Denver's NBC affiliate KUSA-TV 9.

11/16/2011 - Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Initative celebrates its second anniversary.

11/14/2011 - Three new resources from the SEED Center.

11/14/2011 - NBC Nightly News recently featured community colleges in its broadcast.

11/14/2011 - New report on community colleges and immigrant students.

11/11/2011 - AACC 2011 Legislative Update document

10/21/2011 – AACC and ACCT sent letters to House and Senate appropriators expressing concerns about House-proposed changes to Pell Grant eligibility, cuts to workforce training and institutional aid programs.

10/7/2011 - The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education released the “chairman’s mark,” draft funding legislation for FY 2012.

10/04/2011 - The DOE announced the award of $3.95 million to support colleges and universities serving Asian Americans and Native American Pacific Islanders.

9/30/2011 - Leaders from community colleges around the country participated in a roundtable discussion and were honored as “Champions of Change” at the White House on September 21, 2011.

9/30/2011 - AACC and the SEED Center launch the Green Action Plan Series.

9/29/2011 - DOL will host two web-chat sessions in October for the public on the TAACCCT grant program competition.

9/28/2011 - The White House is conducting several state-specific conference calls on Sept. 29-30 on the American Jobs Act.

9/22/2011 - The AACC government relations team provided an overview of what Congress has on its plate this Fall.

9/21/2011 - Leaders from community colleges around the country will be honored as “White House Champions of Change.”

9/15/2011 - A commentary by AACC's senior vice president for government relations and research in the Chronicle of Higher Education.