URGENT CCBA MEMBER CALL TO ACTION:

IPEDS survey requirements

The U.S. Education Department’s new IPEDS admissions survey will exclude most two-year colleges, but it’s unclear if community colleges that offer bachelor’s degrees would remain on the hook for new reporting requirements.

Given the extraordinary burden associated with the proposed reporting requirements, AACC urges community colleges that award bachelor’s degrees to respond to ED immediately and highlight:

• They are still open-enrollment institutions and do not engineer their classes to meet specific demographic goals.
• Community college aid awarding practices do not change based on whether the institution offers a select number of bachelor’s degree programs to meet local industry or community needs.
• The new ACTS survey would be extraordinarily burdensome and costly for them, and a tremendous waste of resources. Hundreds of hours would go toward producing data that would shed no meaningful light on institutional behavior.

Comments are due to ED by December 15. Submit comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal by searching Docket ID number ED-2025-SCC-0382. 

Contact AACC at ogr@aacc.nche.edu for more information.

Dr. Angela Kersenbrock Announces Retirement from CCBA

CCBA President Dr. Angela Kersenbrock recently announced she will retire from the association in 2026 marking the conclusion of a transformative seven-year tenure that resulted in unprecedented membership growth, enhanced national influence, and improved organizational stability.

Angela has taken CCBA from a small operation to a thriving national association that now stands as the recognized voice for community college baccalaureate (CCB) programs across the United States.

“Serving as president of CCBA has been the honor of my lifetime,” she said. “The mission and vision of this organization have always been worth the dedication it required.” READ THE FULL STORY

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