Donald Trump and his now-defunct real-estate university lost another legal attempt to block former students from suing as a group in a California case accusing the Republican presidential candidate of fraud, writes Erik Larson for Bloomberg. Read more...
By Alex Usher. There are a lot of things “everybody knows” about students these days. Everybody knows students these days think of their education in far more utilitarian terms than they used to, caring more about their jobs outcomes and less about the joy of learning. More...
By Alex Usher. Last year, the Government of Ontario announced it was moving to a new and more generous systems of student grants. Partly, that was piggybacking on a new and enhanced federal grants and partly it was converting its own massive system of loan forgiveness and tax credits into a system which – more sensibly – delivered them upfront to students. More...
By Alex Usher. The week before last, the Canadian Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) put out a report (available here) on trends on low-paid employment in Canada from 1997 to 2014 (meaning full-time jobs occupied by 20-64 year olds where the hourly earnings are less than 66% of the national median). More...
By Andrew Sears. An interoperability standards strategy for stackable global credentials--and why higher education needs it. More...
. Research from thousands of tech leaders and CIOs say becoming a CIO in 2016 requires specific steps. More...
Comments submitted by ACE and the five other presidential higher education associations to the Department of Education regarding the distance education provisions in the proposed regulations for teacher preparation programs.
ACE also submitted comments in February 2015 on the overall regulatory proposal, which centers on the creation of a federally mandated state-level testing and evaluation system of teacher preparation programs. More...
On May 23, the U.S. Department of Labor released its long-anticipated final rule on overtime pay, which will have a significant impact on colleges and universities nationwide. With the assistance of the law firm Ballard Spahr LLP, ACE Vice President and General Counsel Peter McDonough has drafted this ACE issue brief on the new rule to help institutions prepare before it goes into effect on Dec. 1. More...
Under the current regulations, an individual is classified as a “white collar” employee exempt from federal overtime pay requirements if paid a salary of at least $23,600 annually and has duties that require independent judgment and discretion. Under the proposed rules, the salary threshold would be raised significantly so that current exempt employees making less than $50,440 in 2016 would no longer be “exempt,” requiring that they be paid on an hourly basis and entitled to overtime pay. More...
This memo is designed to educate campus staff on appropriate ways to become involved in elections, whether hosting an event or volunteering for a campaign. Divided into institutional and individual political activities, it gives administrators, faculty and staff concrete examples of what is and is not acceptable practice.
Political Campaign Related Activities of and at Colleges and Universities (2016) (PDF) 1MB. More...
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