Upcoming Webinar Title: AI Skills for All Webinar: The AI Ready Campus Date and Time: Thursday, October 23, 2025, at 2:00 PM Eastern Time (60 minutes) Host: AACC AI Skills for All Initiative supported by Microsoft Summary: What makes for an AI ready campus? Join this conversation about how colleges are deploying AI tools in innovative ways for learning Read More »
AACC Government Relations Update Webinar: Workforce Pell Implementation
AACC’s Government Relations team will provide an update on the ongoing implementation of the Workforce Pell Grant that was enacted in early July. Colleges will be informed about what the legislation contains, the implementation decisions that are still to be made by the Executive Branch and state governments, and how institutions can begin planning to Read More »
AACC Federal Policy Webinar: Reconciliation and Funding
AACC Federal Policy Webinar: Reconciliation and Funding Tuesday, July 29, 3:00 – 4:00 PM ET In this free webinar, the AACC government relations team will bring you up to speed on everything you need to know about what’s going on in Washington that will affect your college. We’ll focus on the recently passed budget reconciliation Read More »
Understanding the Dear Colleague Letter Webinar
Join us as we decode the recent Dear Colleague Letter from the Department of Education and what it potentially means for the nation’s community colleges. When: Feb 24, 2025, 01:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this webinar. Webinar Speakers Walter G. Bumphus, Ph.D. (President and CEO, American Association of Community Read More »
AACC Washington Update Webinar
In this free webinar, the AACC government relations team reviewed all the latest developments in Washington in what has been quite an eventful start to 2025. Topics covered included federal funding, budget reconciliation legislation, President Trump’s executive orders and other administration actions, new personnel at the Department of Education and Labor, and the outlook for Read More »
Webinar: What the National Elections Mean for Community Colleges
In this webinar, the AACC government relations team broke down the presidential and congressional election outcomes and what they portend for community colleges. What could be the potential impact on federal funding? Tax policy? Higher education and workforce legislation? Regulations? Watch the video recording. (YouTube) Download the slides. (PDF) Webinar Speakers: David Baime (Sr. Vice Read More »
Webinar: Department of Homeland Security Briefing on Countering Human Trafficking
Date & Time: Nov 4, 2024 02:00 PM Description: Please join the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT) for a briefing on human trafficking at community and technical colleges. This briefing will provide campus staff with information on human trafficking, indicators to look for, and resources available to administrators, support staff, Read More »
Webinar: The Community College Innovation Challenge – Why Your Students Should Apply?
The Community College Innovation Challenge – Why Your Students Should Apply? February 8, 2024 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST The Community College Innovation Challenge is led by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF). It is a national competition where community college student teams, working with a Read More »
Webinar: AACC Federal Policy Year-End Wrap Up
In this webinar, AACC’s government relations team provided updates on the latest developments in Washington at the end of the 2023 Congressional session. Topics covered included details on two new and vitally important bills just approved by the House Education and Workforce Committee: the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act and the Stronger Workforce for America Act Read More »
Government Relations Update Webinar on Gainful Employment
On Friday, October 13, 2023, AACC’s Government Relations team provided updates on the gainful employment final rule and the overtime and web accessibility proposed regulations in a webinar. There was also a Q&A for attendees. Download the slide deck. (PDF) Watch video recording. (Vimeo)