Washington Watch: Progress Toward Equity
Washington Watch is written by AACC’s government relations office. It is only fair that all students succeed. We want all fourth graders and eighth graders in the United States to read and do math at…
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Four colleges, one message
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…
Washington Watch: Community colleges emphasize need for new stimulus
In response to a breakdown in negotiations over spending legislation related to the pandemic, national and state community college leaders are urging expeditious enactment of a supplemental appropriations bill. A letter encouraging action, signed by…
Student Loan Relief Options on Table
Washington Watch is written by AACC’s government relations office. On Saturday, August 8, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum, that, among other things, extended a moratorium on student loan repayment through the end of the…
Does Mandatory FAFSA Improve College Access?
Washington Watch is written by AACC’s government relations office. Student financial aid makes it possible for those who lack the financial means to attend college. To access that aid requires an application process. The fact…
Washington Watch: Funding for campus child care
Finding safe and affordable child care is a major challenge for college students with young children. The Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program supports the participation of low-income parents in college through…
Washington Watch: Stimulus work continues; advocacy needed
High-level negotiations on the COVID-19 stimulus legislation are ongoing, largely between the Trump administration and congressional Democrats. Despite vastly different priorities, it appears likely that in the next two weeks or so Congress will pass another…
Overcoming Obstacles to Mobility
Washington Watch is written by AACC’s government relations office. Public colleges are lauded as the “workhorses of middle-class mobility” in a recent Brookings Institution report. Most of the adulation is aimed at four-year institutions. The…
Washington Watch: DHS limits DACA program
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…
ATE strategies under COVID-19 conditions
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…