Austin– The Texas Association of Community Colleges and Austin Community College will hold a joint news conference on Tuesday, June 18 from 11:00 a.m. to noon at the Texas State Capitol in the Speaker’s Committee Room (CAP 2W.6) to announce the release of a major study of the impact Texas community colleges have on the state
economy.

The model, which took over a year to develop with funding from the Association for Community College Trustees (ACCT), will address the impact that Austin Community College has on the economy and how the College District economy and the State of Texas benefit from the presence of ACC.

Other topics to be addressed include: (1) contributions to the local job market and income formation (regional economic benefits); (2) higher earnings captured by exiting students; (3) a broad collection of social benefits (improved health, reduced crime, and lower welfare and unemployment); and (4) the return to taxpayers for their community college support.