Students can receive a bachelor’s degree from any of four, four-year universities while taking classes at an AACC campus. Anyone may enroll, but partnering schools only offer junior- and senior-level...

AACC’s Board of Trustees approved a new 18-credit data literacy certificate program in February. According to Vice President for Learning Michael Gavin, data literacy is the ability to understand...

AACC officials say the college supports students who immigrated to the U.S. as children without legal permission. But they have not taken any public actions on those students’ behalf. “We clearly...

High school students from around the country came to AACC Wednesday to pitch their business ideas for a $1,000 prize and the chance to compete for an even larger award. For the third year, the Diamond...

A former AACC student opened Anne Arundel County’s first medical cannabis dispensary in February. Laura Toskov enrolled in professor Shad Ewart’s first Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Expanding...

The professor of a new Sociology of Sports class said his focus is to teach students how to “escape” through sports. “In today’s polarized world, there’s such an emphasis on escapism, and...

More than 20 years ago, the state government promised AACC and Maryland community colleges it would devote 29 percent of its higher education budget to community colleges each year, starting in 2012. It...

Part-time employees at AACC—including students—became eligible for paid sick leave on Feb. 11, thanks to a new law. Maryland lawmakers passed the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act last year,...

The state budget the governor proposed on Jan. 16 includes funding for construction of AACC’s Health Sciences and Biology building. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2019...

AACC public safety officers received new uniforms in February to increase comfort and safety. Campus special police officers ditched their white shirts and upgraded to a wash-and-wear LAPD blue. Armed...

Students will be able to complete developmental, noncredit  math requirements much faster in fall 2018 as faculty continue to streamline the path to credit classes. The math department developed two...

A federal judge on Jan. 30 ordered AACC and a former administrator who is suing the college to attempt to settle the case out of court. Dr. Richard Cerkovnik, who now works at Montgomery College, sued...