July 22, 2026 Congratulations to Metropolitan Community College in Nebraska, which has had four Workforce Pell programs approved by the governor only one week into the launch: pharmacy tech, phlebotomy, CompTIA, and commercial driver’s license. To add your college’s progress on Workforce Pell, please take 1 minute to respond to three brief questions here. We […]
Washington Watch Weekly, August 7, 2026
McMahon issues higher education ‘National Call to Action’ Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Monday sent a “National Call to Action” to all college and university presidents, asking them to respond to a series of questions that the communication identifies as central to declining “public esteem” in higher education. As covered in Community College Daily, the […]
Washington Watch Weekly, July 31, 2026
Senate HELP committee approves higher education bills The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee marked up and approved a slate of 10 bills and nominations on Thursday, including several bills of interest to community colleges. With time running short in the current Congress, the future for all these bills is murky at best. For […]
Community College Minute, August 3, 2026
AACC Federal Funding Priorities August 2026
AACC Federal Funding Priorities August 2026
AACC Support for Senate HELP Committee markup of College Transparency Act
AACC Support for Senate HELP Committee markup of College Transparency Act
Washington Watch Weekly, July 24, 2026
ED Guidance: Colleges responsible for aid disbursed to fraudulent students In a July 17 Electronic Announcement that answers questions related to its new real-time FAFSA fraud detection initiative, the Education Department (ED) stated that colleges must return all Title IV funds distributed to students that are later found to be fraudulent. This requirement applies even […]
Community College Minute, July 27, 2026
Alliance for America’s Skilled Trades: Skilled trades shaped America’s past. Here’s how they can build America’s future
Skilled workers laid the infrastructure for America, creating the foundation for millions of Americans to turn hard work into above average pay and greater opportunities for themselves and their communities.
Washington Watch Weekly, July 17, 2026
House Republicans advance bill package to formally dismantle ED Republicans on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce introduced last week a set of 10 bills – called the “Less Bureaucracy, Better Education” package – designed to dismantle the Department of Education (ED). On Wednesday, the Committee approved the package on a partisan basis. […]