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ACC is extending a course waitlist option to all departments beginning with fall 2012 registration. While many courses already have or are adding waitlists, the option will remain at the discretion of the individual departments. Faculty can check with their department’s administrative assistant to find out...

Austin Community College recently placed first in the southwest region in the annual Student Math League competition, sponsored by the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges. The team of ACC students finished 16th nationally out of 191 participating community colleges. The competition...

Austin Community College implemented the ACC Emergency Alert notification system following the Virginia Tech shootings five years ago. The communication system sends ACCmail, voicemail, and text message alerts to subscribers if a threat arises. While providing an alert system previously was voluntary, state...

ACC departments collegewide have been working continuously since last summer to help students comply with the new state law requiring that they be immunized for bacterial meningitis or provide an exemption request declining the vaccine. Beginning January 2012, all new students under age 30 entering a Texas...

The Austin Community College District’s Center for Public Policy and Political Studies (CPPPS) welcomes former Texas Comptroller and Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp as the keynote speaker at its annual lunchtime fundraiser. The event will be 11:30 a.m., Friday, May 25, at the Hilton...

ACC is upgrading to the latest version of Blackboard in time for summer 2012 classes. Blackboard will be down from 12:01 a.m. Friday, May 18, until 6 a.m. Wednesday, May 23, while the system is...

Dr. Richard Rhodes, Austin Community College president/CEO, will participate in a panel of higher education leaders to discuss how community colleges can help underprepared students transition to college-level coursework and ultimately earn a degree. The panel takes place Friday, May 18, in Washington, D.C.,...

A number of Austin Community College administrators and faculty members will be presenting at the NISOD International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, May 27-30 at the Austin Convention Center. NISOD (National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development) provides professional...

During the 2009 legislative session, the Texas House of Representatives passed House Bill 2504 requiring public colleges and universities to publish an online syllabus and curriculum vitae for each course and instructor. The requirement, also addressed by ACC Administrative Rule 3.05.002, is intended to help...

Austin Community College is helping an increasing number of Central Texas adults earn their General Educational Development (GED) credential. The number of students who have completed ACC’s GED preparatory program and earned their high school equivalency certificate has increased 78 percent since 2008....