American Association of Community Colleges

📢TODAY: National Science Foundation (NSF) and AACC are proud to announce the winners of !

SUNY Broome Community College, NY
Springfield Technical Community College, MA
De Anza College, CA

House committee passes ed funding bill -- The House Appropriations Committee approved the all-important Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education fiscal year 2027 appropriations bill on Tuesday on a party-line vote. The bill is now set to be considered by the full House.

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House committee passes ed funding bill The House Appropriations Committee approved the all-important Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS-ED) fiscal year 2027 appropriations bill on Tuesday on a party-line vote. The bill is now set to be considered by the full House. Though the committee engaged in an hours-long markup d...

House passes bill to fight Title IV fraud -- A bill to crack down on financial aid fraud passed the House on Wednesday.

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House OKs bill to combat ‘ghost’ student aid applicants A bill to crack down on financial aid fraud passed the House on Wednesday. The measure, which passed 249-172, would require the U.S. Department of Education to set up an identity fraud detection system for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, better known as FAFSA. Nearly 40 Democrats voted...

Thinking about joining us for AACC's Presidents Academy Summer Institute in Asheville, North Carolina? There's still time to register: https://s1.goeshow.com/aacc/2026PASI/

The AACC Presidents Academy Summer Institute (PASI) is an annual professional development program for CEOs and presidents of member community colleges, providing intensive focus on current challenges, emerging trends, and opportunities unique to that position.

The three-day institute focuses on issues of critical importance to success in the role of the community college president, providing a mix of content experts and interaction around related case studies that result in the development/acquisition of ready-to-use skill sets that participants can apply back at their respective campuses. The institute also provides opportunities for newer presidents to develop mentor-mentee relationships with more seasoned presidents, focusing on immediate challenges and opportunities that these presidents are facing on their campuses.

Community College Newsmakers -- New CEOs, interim presidents, a CEO retirement announcement and appointments

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Newsmakers New CEOs Kirk Bennett will become the next president of Western Technical College in Wisconsin on August 1. He is currently vice president of administrative services at Lone Star College (LSC)-Montgomery in Texas. Bennett brings extensive leadership experience in higher education, with a strong back...

How federal grantmaking may change -- A major aspect of newly proposed changes to federal grant administration is to vest greater authority over grant-making decisions to political appointees.

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How federal grantmaking may change The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) last week published a 444-page Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) addressing the “uniform guidance” that covers grant administration across the federal government. These blanket policies will potentially affect all federal grant programs for which comm...

Certificate programs continue to lead enrollment growth -- Enrollment in certificate programs at community colleges continues to show big gains, increasing 12.1% this spring compared to last spring, according to a final spring enrollment tally from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. That's a boost of 82,873 students for a total 767,662.

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Certificate programs continue to lead enrollment growth Enrollment in certificate programs at community colleges continues to show big gains, increasing 12.1% this spring compared to last spring, according to a final spring enrollment tally from the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center. That's a boost of 82,873 students for a total 767,66...