November 19, 2025 AACC is carefully tracking the impacts of yesterday’s interagency agreements between the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, Interior, Labor, and State. We are working diligently to understand how the changes may impact our colleges and will provide clarity as it becomes available. We are also closely monitoring […]
Community College Minute, December 8, 2025
Focus Forward, November 19, 2025
Community College Minute, December 2, 2025
Community College Minute, November 24, 2025
Focus Forward, November 5, 2025
November 5, 2025 As the federal government shutdown extends, more of our students may be affected. Please let us know any impacts your campuses may be experiencing so that AACC can continue reporting to Capitol Hill. We are particularly interested in any impacts on students that the cancelation of TRIO programs might be having and […]
AACC Government Relations Update: Loan Repayment and Cohort Default Rates Webinar
After five years of student loan repayment freezes, pauses, and on-ramp periods, many student borrowers who are delinquent on payments are seeing their loans go into default for the first time. Default carries significant negative ramifications for both the borrower and institution alike. If a college is assessed a Cohort Default Rate (CDR) of above […]
Community College Minute, November 10, 2025
Community College Minute, November 3, 2025
Partnerships that Propel: Expanding Strategic Alliances
For Immediate Release Contact: Martha M. Parham, Ed.D. Cell: 714-932-3694 mparham@aacc.nche.edu Partnerships that Propel: Expanding Strategic Alliances by DeRionne P. Pollard, PhD Accelerating workforce development has become increasingly urgent in our current climate. It touches almost all parts of economic discussions today — from the cost of living and gross domestic product to trade and […]