Position Statements 

10/9/2012 - Institutional 2-year cohort default rates for the Stafford loan program have just been released by the U.S. Department of Education.

7/26/2012 - AACC statement on a U.S. Institute for a Competitive Workforce report on postescondary education.

6/7/2012 - AACC commends new report on college certificates released by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce.

4/21/2012 - AACC Board-approved statement on open access to educational resources.

4/4/2012 - AACC Statement on the American Enterprise Institute’s “Completion Matters: The High Cost of Low Community College Graduation Rates”

2/28/2012 - AACC statement on the report of the National Student Clearinghouse on Transfer and Mobility at Postsecondary Institutions.

2/16/2012 - AACC and the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) announced a new collaboration focusing on presidential leadership and community college governance.

2/13/2012 - AACC Statement on President Obama’s FY2013 Budget.

11/29/2011 - American Association of Community Colleges Statement on the Report of Committee on Measures of Student Success.

10/26/2011 - American Association of Community Colleges Statement on College Board’s 2011 Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid Reports.

10/21/2011 - American Association of Community Colleges statement on "The Hidden Costs of Community Colleges" report by the American Institutes for Research.

07/27/2010 - AACC's position statement on the July 23, 2010 Department of Education proposed rule on gainful employment.

04/26/2010 - AACC calls upon Congress to pass the DREAM Act and to further fulfill its responsibility to enact a national immigration policy that is clear, fair, and that upholds our nation's founding principles as a land of sanctuary and opportunity.

4/22/2010 - AACC statement on the TANF program and higher education to the U.S. Congress.

10/19/2009 - Community colleges perform a wide variety of functions, including preparing students to transfer to four-year institutions.

02/11/2009 - Joint AACC and ACCT statement on priorities for 2009 National Legislative Summit

07/27/2008 - Joint AACC and ACCT position statement on leadership and diversity. Both associations commit to support diversity of leadership in the second century of the community college movement.

05/05/2008 - AACC's position statement on Information Literacy.

04/16/2008 - AACC's statement regarding the Project on Student Loan Debt report on Community College Loan Access.

03/06/2008 - The House-Senate Higher Education Act reauthorization conference is now proceeding at the staff level. The AACC has written to Congress stating its position and has also endorsed the statement of the American Council on Education.

01/31/2008 - AACC commends the Report of the College Board's National Commission on Community Colleges, "Winning the Skills Race and Strengthening America's Middle Class: An Action Agenda for Community Colleges."

11/27/2007 - The American Association of Community Colleges commits to promote education for sustainable development among AACC member institutions and affiliated councils.

10/1/2006 - Joint AACC and ACCT statement of commitment to the importance of the globally educated learner and to building the global community.

08/10/2006 - The National Commission on the Future of Higher Education has now approved its report, subject to editorial modifications. AACC commends the work of the commission.

07/18/2006 - The National Commission on the Future of Higher Education has now released its second draft report. Community colleges are pleased that the draft’s tone is significantly less critical of higher education than the first draft.

06/19/2006 - The Higher Education Act of 1965 was designed not only to ensure access to a college education for all Americans, but also to use higher education and training as a means to achieve economic prosperity and other social benefits.

06/19/2006 - Pell Grants are essential to providing access to higher education for low-income students. The program now serves more than 5 million students annually, 70 percent of whom come from families with incomes of $20,000 a year or less.

06/19/2006 - Adult basic education should be explicitly linked to the workforce training mission of community colleges. Federal grants with a required match should be considered to motivate greater state and private investment in adult basic education.

11/10/2005 - The CEO of the community college helps to determine ethical standards for his/her institution through personal conduct and institutional leadership.

10/29/2005 - The American Association of Community Colleges commits to work to close the equity gap and expand opportunities for all students, including first generation, minority, low-income, and incarcerated students.

02/10/2005 - This statement was developed to encourage support services for students in distance learning courses and programs be equivalent to those available to students on campus.

01/07/2005 - The United Nations has declared a Decade of Education for Sustainable Development beginning in January 2005.

01/01/2005 - AACC Position Statement on affirmative action adopted by the Board of Directors in 1973 and revised in 1995.

11/07/2003 - The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) actively advocates an international role for community colleges in all dimensions of worldwide education and training.

09/15/2003 - This statement was developed by the AACC Athletics Advisory Committee to encourage the highest academic and ethical standards relating to community college intercollegiate athletics programs. It replaces a previous AACC position statement.

04/23/2003 - Statement of Cooperation for the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and League for Innovation in the Community College.

01/06/2003 - The statement reaffirms the vital role of library and learning resource center programs and librarians to formal education, information literacy and to lifelong learning as a core value.

11/13/2001 - AACC Position Statement on international education examining the services community colleges must provide to meet this challenge. Adopted 1997; Amended by the Board, November 2001.

04/01/2001 - AACC Position Statement on inclusion adopted April 1997 and amended by the Board of Directors April 2001.

08/01/2000

04/01/2000 - AACC Position Statement on associate degree nursing adopted by the Board of Directors April 2000.

08/01/1999 - AACC Position Statement on health and wellness adopted by the Board of Directors August 1999.

11/01/1998 - AACC Position Statement on the GED adopted by the Board of Directors November 1998.

08/01/1998 - AACC Position Statement on the associate degree adopted by the Board of Directors August 1998.