State funding accounted for 31 percent of community colleges’ revenues in 2014-15. Six years earlier, it was at 36 percent. Read full PDF.
Sign On to Support DACA
AACC supports DACA participants. Join us by signing on to the letter below. Click here to participate. Dear United States Congress: We write as the institutional leaders of America’s community colleges – large and small; urban, suburban and rural; and with widely varying student populations and programs. But each and every community college is dedicated […]
AACC Board Member Named Academic Leadership Award Recipient
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 12, 2017 Media Contact: Martha Parham, Ed.D. Sr. Vice President, Public Relations Phone: (202) 728-0200 Email: mparham@aacc.nche.edu Washington, DC—American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) board member and Montgomery College president DeRionne Pollard was named a recipient of Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Academic Leadership Award. The only community college president selected, […]
AACC Statement on Hurricane Irma
On behalf of the board, staff, and members of the American Association of Community Colleges, please know that our thoughts and prayers are with our colleagues in Florida as they prepare for Hurricane Irma. All public community colleges have been closed through Monday, September 11, 2017, by order of Governor Scott. Our Florida community colleges […]
Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Key Funding Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a bipartisan FY 2018 Labor, HHS and Education (LHHS) appropriations bill that contains some good news for community colleges and their students, as described below. The committee was not able to employ the same budget-enhancing tactics as last year and provides $800 million less overall for discretionary programs. Nevertheless, […]
Trump Administration Rescinds DACA Program
In a deeply disturbing development, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced today the Trump administration is rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. AACC is disappointed with this decision. DACA temporarily shields undocumented individuals who came to the country before age 16 and meet other requirements from deportation. About 800,000 people have received […]
Helping Colleges Impacted by Hurricane Harvey
UPDATED The Texas higher education community is working with the Communities Foundation of Texas to organize #harveyHELP, a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for emergency aid to help college students impacted by Hurricane Harvey stay in school. Why emergency aid? Research from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation shows that it helps students overcome the […]
Support for Dreamers and DACA
AACC joins ACE and other education leaders in a letter to President Trump urging support of DACA and Dreamer students. Download the letter as a PDF.
DataPoints: Trends in Pell Grant spending
Total Pell Grant spending, as well as spending at two-year institutions, has gradually declined since its high point in 2011-12, but it remains well above when the recent recession started in 2008-09. Read full PDF.
AACC Legislative Priorities for August 2017
Congress is home for its annual August recess, and now is a great time to visit with your representatives and advocate for community college legislative priorities. AACC has prepared this document for your use in these efforts, focusing on three very active issues: federal funding in general and for the Pell Grant program in particular, […]