Washington Watch is produced by the AACC office of government relations and policy analysis. Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) on Tuesday released drafts of all 12 appropriations bills to fund the federal government…
The recent national elections will obviously have substantial implications for the community college agenda in Washington. However, the many unknowns of the new political balance make reliable predictions hazardous. The American Association of Community Colleges…
Washington Watch is produced by the AACC office of government relations and policy analysis. One of the pressing challenges to college promise programs is how they will fare as state budgets begin to feel the…
Washington Watch is produced by the American Association of Community Colleges‘ office of government relations and policy analysis. The U.S. Education Department (ED) on October 9 announced its rescission of the Campus Safety and Security…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) has issued a third set of guidance (again in the form of Q&As) on implementing the CARES Act’s Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund. Although the new information is not quite…
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has released a policy brief that makes the case for new Pell Grant eligibility for short-term workforce education programs, citing a series of studies on which this support…
Washington Watch is produced by the AACC office of government relations and policy analysis. On Monday, Alissa Young, president of Hopkinsville Community College in Kentucky, remotely testified before a congressional “Blue Dog” Rural Roundtable on…
Last week, President Trump issued an Executive Order with the stated goal “to promote unity in the Federal workforce, and to combat offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating.” Its scope includes diversity training…
Washington Watch is produced by the AACC office of government relations and policy analysis. Three-fourths of all college and university students attend public institutions. Who pays for that education? At its most basic, there are…
House Democrats this week reintroduced a slimmed-down version of the HEROES Act that passed the chamber in May. Its $2.2 trillion price tag, down from $3.3 trillion, makes it roughly the size of the CARES Act,…