Looking ahead to 2020-2030, a new National Academy of Medicine report recognizes the contribution of community colleges to the nursing profession, describing them as an important workforce pipeline, more affordable than four-year public institutions and…
Immediately prior to leaving for its annual August recess, the Senate passed bipartisan infrastructure legislation and an FY 2022 budget resolution that sets the stage for a much larger bill to enact parts of President…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Thursday released $3.2 billion in remaining Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) to support students at historic and under-resourced institutions. The new funding comes overwhelmingly through Titles III and…
Washington Watch is written by the government relations staff of the American Association of Community Colleges. Integral to proposed free-tuition community college programs — the most recent being the America’s College Promise (ACP) Act of…
Soon after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opened up enrollment for the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program on May 12, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) informed all 6.5 million award year 2020-21 Pell Grant…
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced a temporary change in federal student aid IV verification policy that should dramatically reduce administrative burdens on student financial aid offices, while also enabling more…
The House Labor, Health and Human Services and Education (LHHS) appropriations subcommittee today released its report containing fiscal year (FY) 2022 funding levels for all the programs in its jurisdiction. The full House appropriations committee…
The U.S. Education Department this week has held a weeklong virtual public hearing as it reviews its regulations and other actions related to Title IX in order to implement President Joe Biden’s executive order. The…
Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) have introduced an amendment to pending legislation that would extend Pell Grant eligibility to students in qualifying short-term workforce education programs. The amendment (see p. 30) to…
Washington Watch is produced by the AACC office of government relations and policy analysis. Just as needy students cannot make college possible or attainable without financial aid, institutions that disproportionately educate the underserved and low-income…