Member Benefits
Advocacy: Your National Voice
AACC has forged effective relationships on Capitol Hill and with the White House and key federal agencies, as well as with prominent businesses and the news media. Through those relationships, AACC keeps community colleges in the spotlight, increasing awareness of their value, and fighting for resources and programs critical to member colleges and their students. Within the larger higher education community, AACC speaks for community colleges and promotes their interests.
Leadership Development
Strong and informed leaders are essential to institutional success. Each year, AACC offers a wide range of professional development opportunities to prepare, inform, and connect current and future community college leaders. Whether it’s the large-scale AACC Annual Convention that brings together nearly 2,000 people from the U.S. and abroad, the more focused Presidents Academy Summer Institute, or the Future Leaders and Future Presidents Institutes. AACC is working to maintain the strong cadre of leaders in the nation’s 2-year institutions.
Resources
AACC has the tools you need to be successful at your job. Get news and information daily with the online Community College Times. Read research and policy briefs on timely topics, such as enrollment trends, nursing programs, and Pell grants. Get books and monographs published by the Community College Press specifically for community college professionals through AACC’s bookstore. Search AACC’s website for up-to-date information on grants, events, programs and resources.
AACC members also receive discounts on Community College Press publications and free subscriptions to the bi-monthly Community College Journal and the bi-weekly AACC Letter.