by William Montgomery | Aug 5, 2021 | Updates
The College took steps to lessen criticism in SACS’ accreditation report that ACC relied too heavily on inadequately supervised adjunct faculty, an allegation made often by the Part-Time Faculty Association, who argued that adjunct faculty taught the same...
by William Montgomery | Jul 15, 2021 | Updates
ACC found itself pinched between rising expectations and the realities of what each school could afford. Like all of Texas’ public community colleges, ACC’s funding came from three sources: (1) local tax revenue, (2) student tuition and fees, and (3) state...
by William Montgomery | Sep 13, 2018 | Updates
In 1985, a Williamson County citizens steering committee led by Barbara Roy, a round Rock resident, obtained over 5,000 signatures, more than minimally required, on a petition asking the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to authorize a local election to create...
by William Montgomery | Jul 18, 2018 | Updates
The forty-five-year-old Segura, an El Paso native, was ACC’s first Mexican-American chief executive officer, and one of the first at a college not situated along the United States/Mexico border. Segura graduated from Linfield College in Oregon, and held of a...
by William Montgomery | Feb 15, 2018 | Updates
Several upgrades to the building that opened in 1916 as John T. Allen Junior High School and turned into Austin High School ten years later. The entire campus received a fresh coat of paint. Ceilings were lowered for better acoustics, and the heating, air...