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Higher Education Leaders Gather to Discuss "The Access Imperative" at ACE's 2007 Annual Meeting

ACE's 89th Annual Meeting
The Access Imperative
Feb. 10-13, 2007
Washington, DC

More than 1,600 college and university leaders gathered this weekend in Washington, DC for the American Council on Education's 89th Annual Meeting. This year's meeting focuses on "The Access Imperative," one of the nation's most pressing challenges. Speakers include Peggy Conlon, president and CEO of the Ad Council; Freeman Hrabowski, III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Ron Suskind, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author; Sara Martinez Tucker, U.S. under secretary of education; and Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund.

For more information on the meeting schedule, see the Annual Meeting web site. Check this page regularly for updates and information on meeting activities.

Presentations from ACE's 2007 Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting Photo Gallery
Annual Meeting News Stories

Thursday, Feb. 8

ACE’s 89th Annual Meeting to Highlight College Access and Key Policy Issues Affecting Higher Education

Saturday, Feb. 10

Yolanda Moses

American Council on Education Presents 2007 Donna Shavlik Award to Yolanda Moses

Yolanda T. Moses’ lifetime commitment to advancing women’s issues in higher education has been recognized with the presentation of the 2007 Donna Shavlik Award by ACE's Office of Women in Higher Education. [read more]

Women’s Leadership Legacy Fund Campaign Launched by ACE's Office of Women in Higher Education

Boosting opportunities for mentoring, networking, and leadership training for women in higher education is the goal of a $200,000 fund raising campaign to establish the Women’s Leadership Legacy Fund by ACE's Office of Women in Higher Education.  [read more]

Sunday, Feb. 11

Carol Cartwright

Carol A. Cartwright Presented 2007 Council of Fellows Award

Carol A. Cartwright, president emeritus of Kent State University, was presented with the 2007 Council of Fellows award today during ACE's 89th Annual Meeting. [read more]

Monday, Feb. 12

MONDAY BUZZ: As Harvard Names First Woman President, ACE Releases Report Documenting Continuing Challenges for Women, Minority College Leaders

As Harvard announced yesterday the appointment of Drew Gilpin Faust as the university’s first female president, ACE released a new study that found America’s college presidents are older and holding the job longer than at any time during the past 20 years, making the outlook for the next generation of leaders—particularly women and minorities—uncertain. [read more]

UMBC President Discusses Expanding College Access at Opening Session of ACE's Annual Meeting

While substantial progress was made in increasing college access during the last century, the remaining challenges are “in many ways as great, if not greater, particularly for poor people of all races,” said Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, president of University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), speaking at the opening plenary of ACE's 89th Annual Meeting. [read more]

Tuesday, Feb. 13

Nancy Cantor, chancellor and president of Syracuse University, hands the gavel to new ACE Board Chair Ricardo Fernández, president of Lehman College, The City University of New York.

Lehman College President Ricardo R. Fernández Is New ACE Board Chair

Ricardo R. Fernández, president of Lehman College, The City University of New York, has been named the new Board chair of the American Council on Education. Fernández assumed his role at ACE’s 89th Annual Meeting, which concluded today in Washington, DC. Fernández, who will serve a one-year term, succeeds Nancy Cantor, chancellor and president of Syracuse University as Board chair. [read more]

ACE Honors Four Leaders for Their Commitment to Diversity in Higher Education

The Center for Advancement of Racial and Ethnic Equity (CAREE) at ACE today presented four distinguished leaders with the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award for their extraordinary contributions to the higher education enterprise. [read more]