One year in: What this year has taught me
On October 1, 2025, I became President and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). A year has passed — full, humbling, clarifying — and I find myself wanting to mark it not…
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Complex pathways lengthen time to completion
The median time it takes community college students to earn an associate degree is 2.9 years. For those earning a certificate at a community college, it’s 2.3 years. Those are among the findings in a…
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