The battleground for higher education dollars is largely between community colleges and public universities. Both obviously merit public funding because they provide valuable economic services to citizens, in general. The question is how to divide…
There is no doubt that the current circumstances have been challenging for everyone. The pandemic and all its associated implications continue to be difficult to navigate. As a community college, these issues seem exacerbated as…
I have a confession. The “Pandemic” chapter in our Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) was inadequate. For more than three years, I served as vice president of administrative services at Joliet Junior College (JJC) in Illinois,…
Legislators have largely left Washington, D.C., for the national political conventions and the traditional August recess, but the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and other advocacy groups remain ever-focused on a possible new stimulus…
Editor’s note: Cuyahoga Community College, Lakeland Community College, Lorain County Community College and Stark State College frequently collaborate in Northeast Ohio, including occasionally partnering to promote community colleges as a whole. The following is an…
In a blow to current and hopeful Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf this week issued a memo that curtails certain aspects of the program while his…
This spring, the National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers (NCATC) pivoted – like the majority of organizations across the world – to seriously and thoughtfully follow the national coronavirus pandemic experts from the Centers for…
Senate Republicans have offered stimulus “4.0” legislation that would provide significant funding for higher education. The long-anticipated proposals — called the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools (HEALS) Act — would provide an Education…
Washington Watch is written by AACC’s government relations office. At a time when our foremost thoughts of safety turn to our health and staying COVID-19 free, safety also concerns physical well-being and attending crime-free educational…
Washington Watch is written by AACC’s government relations office. According to the Chinese proverb ascribed to Lao Tzu, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” For some, the journey is linear,…