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. 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,…
“If it can be done online, it will be online.” I heard a Hyundai Corp. executive make this observation in a meeting with business leaders as the world struggled to emerge from the Great Recession…
If it seems that surveys are ubiquitous, perception is reality. It is not only that more surveys are being conducted, but they are receiving more attention. For evolving situations like the pandemic, surveys offer one…
The higher education community is aggressively fighting new guidance announced last week by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that would force international students enrolled in colleges operating entirely online in the fall semester…
According to Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, only 38 percent of community college students will complete a degree and/or transfer to a four-year college. I attend Mesa Community College in Arizona. This academic year, our…
Editor’s note: The following article is an excerpt from the recently published book The Merit Myth: How Our Colleges Favor the Rich and Divide America (The New Press). It is reprinted with permission. Throughout our…
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…