Evolving Higher Education Business Models
As resources for higher education are decreasing and the pressure to keep tuition low is increasing, colleges and universities are looking for ways to spend more efficiently and effectively. More...
ACE, Banco Santander-Universia Launch Observatory for U.S.-Mexico Higher Education
ACE’s Center for Internationalization and Global Engagement and Banco Santander-Universia announced the launch of a new Observatory for U.S.-Mexico Higher Education during a dinner sponsored by Banco Santander-Universia for some 40 presidents from Mexico who are attending ACE2016. More...
Mastering the Art of Teaching
Years ago, when I was still in my 20s and a graduate student in linguistics at the City University of New York, I decided it was time to embark on the journey of what I pictured would be my life’s career: teaching post-secondary students and making a name for myself as a researcher (who was well published!) in the academy. More...
Racial Climate on Campus: A Survey of College Presidents
Lorelle Espinosa, Hollie Chessman and Lindsay Wayt of ACE’s Center for Policy Research and Strategy on how presidents have responded to recent student protests and demands for campus diversity and inclusion, the latest post in a series. More...
College Completion on the Rise for Low-Income Students
A new Center for American Progress analysis of College Scorecard data shows college completion is on the rise, perhaps most notably for low-income students. More...
Student Activism and Social Change on Campus Before the 1960s
Links between the broader social context of what is happening off campus and students’ on-campus activism have long been a means for students to personalize, contextualize and make sense of what it means to pursue social change. Below are selected examples of these connections from Colonial times through the 1950s. More...
Dispatches From Riyadh
ACE Leadership Vice President Lynn M. Gangone writes about her journey to Saudi Arabia, where she is participating in the first Women’s Leadership Forum sponsored by Academic Leadership Center, part of the Ministry of Education and housed at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. More...
CAOs Want More Training in Fundraising, Survey Finds
ACE’s recent survey of chief academic officers (CAOs) found that the majority of CAOs want more training in fundraising, followed by more professional development in budgeting and financial management and assistance with governing board relations. More...