Anne Arundel Community College Consumer Information

­­­­We have a standard for excellence at AACC to provide accurate and timely information to our customers regarding federal, state and institutional policies that allow them to pursue and finance their educational goals.

­The Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) of 2008, includes many requirements for disclosing information to the public; to current students and their families; to prospective students and their families; to university employees and prospective employees; to prospective student athletes and their parents, guidance counselors and coaches; to college bookstores; to borrowers or prospective borrowers of education loans; to researchers; to policymakers; and to legislators.

To ensure compliance with federal HEA and HEOA legislation, the college provides the following links for easy access to helpful information:

• Information about Enrollment, Transfer Rates, Graduation Rates, and Crime Statistics at AACC can be found by searching for AACC at the IPEDS COOL database.
• Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act
• The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.