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…
The stakes are high for community colleges as the U.S. Senate starts work in earnest this week on coronavirus stimulus “4.0” legislation. The final version of this bill will greatly affect the resources available to…
Washington Watch is written by AACC’s government relations office. Yesterday, Joe Schaffer, president of Laramie County Community College, testified on behalf of his college as well as the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) before…
Washington Watch is written by AACC’s government relations office. How can “free college” still not make college affordable for some students? This is not a riddle. The answer lies in a common definition of free…
Led by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington), ranking member on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and Labor-HHS-ED appropriations subcommittee, 16 Democrats, including Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-New York), have advanced a $430 billion bill…
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has cosigned an amicus brief that will be filed in two cases brought by state attorneys general challenging the Trump administration’s controversial Title IX regulations. The brief was…
In a virtual roundtable discussion Wednesday with higher education association leaders, Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-Illinois) heard about the many challenges that community colleges are confronting due to the pandemic, as well as issues arising from…
Colleges have until August 1 to apply for grants through the CARES Act’s Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF). After that deadline, the U.S. Education Department (ED) has announced that it plans to “recalculate…
In a huge and unanticipated win for Dreamers, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in a 5-4 decision that the Trump administration failed to comply with administrative legal requirements when it rescinded the Deferred…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) has issued yet further guidance addressing the formula grants under the CARES Act. However, this guidance is mostly good news for community colleges, particularly in how they may spend funds…