One Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 410
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-728-0200
Fax: 202-833-2467

Website Address:
www.aacc.nche.edu

Description
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is the primary advocacy organization for the nation's 1,100 two-year degree-granting institutions (public and private community colleges, junior and technical colleges and their branch campuses). Organized in 1920, AACC promotes the causes of its member colleges through:

1. legislative advocacy;
2. monitoring of national issues and trends;
3. collection analysis and dissemination of information;
4. representation with other educational agencies and the national media;
5. research and publication of news and scholarly analyses.