The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) announced the launch of the Reskilling and Recovery Network with support from Lumina Foundation and the Siemens Foundation. Through the end of the year, the network will join state and community college institutional leaders to offer targeted […]
20 states join network to identify and scale strategies to help workers succeed in a post-pandemic economy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2020 AACC media contact: Dr. Martha Parham, 714-932-3694 or mparham@aacc.nche.edu NGA media contact: James Nash, 202-624-3658 or jnash@nga.org 20 States Join Network to Identify and Scale Strategies to Help Workers Succeed in a Post-Pandemic Economy National Governors Association, American Association of Community Colleges Launch Reskilling and Recovery […]
AACC honors this year’s select leaders
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) on Thursday honored the recipients of its 2020 Leadership Award and the Harry S. Truman Award, as well as an award for leadership in diversity presented by a trade publication. The annual awards ceremony is held during the AACC annual convention, which was canceled this year due to the pandemic. […]
Putting America Back to Work: The Role of Workforce Development and Small Business Rehiring
Read the full text (PDF) of Dr. Joe Schaffer’s testimony to the July 16 hearing of the House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Innovation and Workforce Development.
2025 ATE Conference
The American Association of Community Colleges, with the support of the National Science Foundation (NSF), hosted the 32nd national ATE Principal Investigators’ Conference on October 29-31, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The conference brought together more than 800 NSF ATE grantees and their project partners to focus on the critical issues related to advanced technological education. Conference participants […]
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DHS issues new guidance on international students
The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement office has issued a Broadcast Message to all users of the Student and Exchange Visitors Information System (SEVIS) with new guidance regarding international students in the fall semester. The new guidance is in some ways dramatically different than guidance issued at the start of the pandemic […]
URE Stakeholder Engagement One-Pagers
The following one-page outreach documents are based on recommendations coming out of the URE Summit, which are designed to assist stakeholders in their discussion, consideration, and implementation of UREs. Outreach to Administrators (PDF) Outreach to Faculty (PDF) Outreach to Students (PDF) Outreach to Partners (PDF)
CEO to CEO Newsletter #166
July 6, 2020 | Issue # 166 I hope that you had a safe and happy July 4th holiday. With all of the stresses that many of you are under, it is important to practice self-care and to spend time with your loved ones. It appears that the coronavirus will be around for some time, […]
DataPoints: Community college revenues
More than half of the $62.3 billion in community college revenues in 2017-18 came from state and local dollars, with states providing one-third. As states expect to see a significant drop in their tax revenues due to the pandemic, two-year college advocates are concerned that it will result is less state funding for community colleges. […]