ACE

Center for Policy Analysis

The Center for Policy Analysis conducts research and convenes researchers and policy makers to study issues of interest to ACE members, the media, and the higher education community. Current activities of the Center focus on student financial aid, demographic trends in higher education, academic preparation for college, and the college presidency, among other topics.

Projects

Image Common Core Standards: Providing Higher Education Input on New National Standards for K–12 Education

image Advancing College Readiness: Higher Education's Role in Improving America's High Schools

image Improving Lives: Ensuring the Academic Success of Low-Income Adults

Recent Reports

Image Minorities in Higher Education: 2009 Supplement

Image Military Service Members and Veterans in Higher Education: What the New GI Bill May Mean for Postsecondary Institutions (PDF)

Image From Soldier to Student: Easing the Transition of Service Members on Campus (PDF)

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The CAO Census: A National Profile of Chief Academic Officers

image Minorities in Higher Education 2008: Twenty-Third Status Report

image Higher Education's New Economics: Risks and Rewards of Emerging Operational Reforms (2008)

image On the Pathway to the Presidency: Characteristics of Higher Education's Senior Leadership (2008)

image Apples and Oranges in the Flat World: A Layperson's Guide to International Comparisons of Postsecondary Education (2007)

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2007 Status Report on the Pell Grant Program (PDF)

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The American College President, 2007 Edition


Recent Issue Briefs

Too Many Rungs on the Ladder? Faculty Demographics and the Future Leadership of Higher Education (PDF)

Who Borrows Private Loans? (PDF)

Credit Card Ownership and Behavior Among Traditional-Age Undergraduates, 2003–04 (PDF)

Working Their Way Through College: Student Employment and its Impact on the College Experience (PDF)


Report Series

American College President

Distributed Education: Challenges, Choices, and a New Environment

Informed Practice: Syntheses of Higher Education Research for Campus Leaders

Federal Financial Aid Status Reports

Minorities in Higher Education Annual Status Report

 

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This page last updated on 10/30/2009