The number of community colleges that report college-operated, on-campus housing has been slowly increasing, with about one-quarter of the nation’s public two-year colleges today offering the accommodations. Based on American Association of Community Colleges analysis of Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System data, in 2010, 22.8% of public community colleges ran on-campus housing; by 2022, it increased to slightly more […]
Fast Facts 2024
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Advocacy quick hits
Editor’s note: This weekly update from the government relations office at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) provides the latest on what’s happening in Washington and how AACC is advancing policies to support community colleges and students. Send questions, feedback and more to: kgimborys@aacc.nche.edu. Department of Education wraps up second Negotiated Rulemaking table Department […]
Dale P. Parnell Faculty Distinction Recognition 2024
ATE Future Leaders Fellows Program
ATE Future Leaders Fellows Program The ATE Future Leaders Fellows program, developed with support from the National Science Foundation, is focused on serving two-year college professionals seeking to advance their leadership skills and to contribute to a national dissemination effort on STEM technician education and capacity building. The program is designed to enable ATE community […]
AACC/ACCT urge House vote ASAP on Workforce Pell
AACC/ACCT urge House vote ASAP on Workforce Pell (PDF)
DataPoints: What types of credentials do Black graduates earn?
We know about gaps in enrollment and graduation rates for Black students, but what about those who do finish? What types of credentials are they receiving compared to the graduating cohort as a whole? In 2022, public institutions in the “primarily associate” and “associate and certificate” categories awarded about 1.5 million credentials, according to an […]
Community College Minute, February 12, 2024
DataPoints: Are there more Black undergraduates at public colleges than commonly reported?
About 15% of students who identify as Black or African American nationwide are likely not included in common reports based on the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) — the core federal postsecondary education data collection program) — such as the Digest of Education Statistics. That is because students who identify as Black but also […]