AACC members have access to an array of resources and discounts.*
Advocacy
As your full-time advocate in Washington, DC, AACC represents your institution in high-profile discussions and decisions with legislators, federal agencies, and higher education partners to push for critical federal programs and policies that benefit your institution and students to ensure your institution receives the attention and resources needed to fulfill your mission effectively. Learn more about AACC’s legislative agenda.
AACC Publications
Keep up to date on policy initiatives, emerging trends, key issues that impact community colleges, and effective strategies for community college management, student success, and workforce development through AACC’s publications.
- CC Daily is your source for news from Capitol Hill and the community college sector. Subscribe to receive the CC Daily digest.
- The CC Journal provides a deeper dive into topics that matter to you and your college. Read the latest issue online.
- The AACC 21st Century Center blog highlights promising practices from community colleges in the areas of college readiness, completion, closing the skills gap, leadership and training, advocacy and funding, and community college mission and values.
- The Community College Voice podcast features interviews with leaders working to improve their institutions and outcomes.
Got a story to tell? Members are welcome to pitch article ideas to the CC Daily and CC Journal editors.
In addition, AACC’s Competencies for Community College Leaders guide is designed to help leaders gain skills to move forward in their careers or become better leaders where they are, support college succession planning, and identify and develop talent. Learn more and purchase your copy here. Members receive a $15 discount on the guide.
AACC Events
AACC’s programming is designed to help you advance in your career and network with other community college practitioners from across the country. AACC members are eligible for reduced registration fees for events, and access to webinars and other virtual events at no charge.
Here are just a few of the offerings:
- AACC Annual
- Advocates in Action
- Future Presidents Institute
- John E. Roueche Future Leaders Institute
- Presidents Academy Summer Institute (PASI)
- Workforce Development Institute
In addition, members members are eligible to submit abstracts and may be selected to speak at AACC Annual. The Call for Abstracts opens in the early fall.
Workforce and Economic Development
Working with public and private sector partners, AACC’s workforce and economic development initiatives pilot and scale industry-relevant activities that align with talent pipeline needs. Often through competitively selected cohorts, only AACC members are eligible to apply to join these communities of practice. All lessons learned are scaled to the full membership and premiered first at AACC member events.
Leadership Opportunities
AACC Commissions
Nine active commissions offer CEOs and administrators (vice presidents and provosts) from member institutions a platform for focused discussions on key community college issues and priorities. Commissions foster collaboration among community colleges and provide valuable insights to the AACC Board and staff. Each February, AACC opens nominations to serve on commissions.
AACC Board of Directors
AACC is governed by a 32-member board of directors. The board acts on behalf of the institutional members to create and maintain a vision for AACC. CEOs from AACC member institutions are invited to submit nominations when the call for nominations opens in the fall.
Other Resources
AACC Job Board
Post a job – or search for your next job – on AACC’s Job Board. AACC members receive a $55 discount when posting a job. Email for the member’s only code.
AACC Awards
The association has a robust awards program, which includes the Awards of Excellence, Leaders of the Year/Rising Star Awards, Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty recognition, Outstanding Alumni Awards, and the AACC Community College Leadership Hall of Fame.
AACC solicits nominations for these awards from member institutions each year in the early fall.
Social Media
- Join AACC on social media. Get the latest news, see what your peers are doing, and share information.
- Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/CommCollege
- Follow us on X: @Comm_College
- Share your expertise on LinkedIn: Join the American Association of Community Colleges group.
- Connect to AACC via Instagram.
* All employees of 2-year member institutions are considered AACC Institutional Members and receive access to the resources listed above. Memberships expire December 31 of the current year. Some benefits, such as reduced registration fees for events, do not apply to individual associate members. Not sure if your college is an AACC Institutional Member? Look for the AACC member logo next to your institution’s listing in the Community College Finder.