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The Commission is a nonprofit, volunteer membership association for Pennsylvania’s 14 community colleges. Its members include the college presidents, members of colleges’ boards of trustees and key college administrators.

The Commission primarily represents the interests and advocates the collective needs of the community colleges to federal and state policymakers. The Commission also serves its members in the following ways:

  • assists colleges in developing positions on their issues of concern
  • facilitates the information exchange among colleges
  • collects and coordinates the collection and dissemination of data to support colleges’ advocacy efforts
 
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Featured Member College

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With an annual enrollment of about 80,000 credit and noncredit students, the Community College of Allegheny College (CCAC) is the largest provider of educational services in western Pennsylvania. To meet the workforce needs of the region and the educational goals of its citizens, CCAC offers more than 170 academic programs and a host of professional development, public safety, community services and community education courses for lifelong learning.

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pdf Focus! Student Stories Issue
 
Pennsylvania community colleges responded to record joblessness with tuition waivers for local unemployed workers.  3,100 Pennsylvanians have received workforce training or vocational education since the Spring 2009 semester under this program.