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2006 ACE Annual Report

Highlights

Access, Success, Equity, and Diversity

Additional Material
•	The Year in Review
•	Letter from the President
•	Letter from the Board Chair
•	ACE Supporters
•	Washington Higher Education Secretariat
•	Financial Statements (414KB; PDF)
•	Full Annual Report (3.65MB; PDF)

Programs to foster greater diversity among higher education leaders, faculty, and students, and to support postsecondary educational opportunities and favorable outcomes for all.

• ACE's Third Summit for Women of Color Administrators in Higher Education, supported by MetLife Foundation, addressed the rewards and challenges of a career in higher education governance.
• The Minorities in Higher Education Twenty-second Annual Status Report, made possible with support from the GE Foundation, highlighted the work that remains to be done in achieving full access for students from diverse backgrounds.
• Gender Equity in Higher Education: 2006 offered detailed analyses of college enrollment and gender gaps among undergraduates.
• Increasing the Success of Minority Students in Science and Technology, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, outlined the challenge of moving traditionally underrepresented students in the STEM fields toward timely degree completion.
• Joining with Lumina Foundation for Education and the Advertising Council, ACE began planning KnowHow2GO, a national public service campaign to encourage low-income and first-generation students to take the steps necessary to go to college.
• In partnership with Achieve Inc., the National Association of System Heads, and State Higher Education Executive Officers, and with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ACE initiated the Advancing College Readiness project, to engage college leaders in preparing high school graduates for success.

Institutional Effectiveness

Programs to enhance the capacity of colleges and universities in their efforts to serve students and society.

• As the only member of the National Commission on the Future of Higher Education to withhold his signature from the panel's final report, ACE President David Ward focused attention on higher education's strengths and diversity.
• Solutions for Our Future, ACE's campaign to communicate with the public about the widespread benefits of higher education, welcomed nearly 1,000 colleges and universities as participants.
• ACE orchestrated the higher education community's response to underfunded student aid programs, such as those contained within the Higher Education Reconciliation Act.
• ACE filed suit against the Federal Communications Commission over its attempt to include higher education institutions among those Internet service providers required to ensure that their networks do not impede law enforcement agencies from setting up wiretaps.
• ACE hosted two roundtables to explore how colleges and universities are struggling to compete while at the same time maintaining public confidence in higher education.
• With support from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, ACE began work to foster entrepreneurialism among higher education institutions.

Lifelong Learning

Programs to ensure the validity of nontraditional learning and promote adult access to and success in postsecondary education and the workforce.

• ACE began efforts with the Department of Veterans Affairs to support U.S. service members who have been severely injured and released from active duty, and to help them choose postsecondary institutions and programs of study.
• In response to an aging workforce and the needs of older learners, ACE began research on the needs and expectations of learners aged 55–79, through the generous support of the MetLife Foundation.
• ACE published a concise reference for college and university leaders who currently serve—or plan to serve—adult learners and who seek more information on this student population.

Internationalization

Programs to help colleges and universities prepare students to work and live in a globally interdependent world.

• ACE released a monograph that examined trends in international student enrollment in the United States and in other countries, and looked at initiatives around the globe to attract these students.
• ACE drew 60 international attendees to its 88th Annual Meeting, substantially broadening this dimension of the conference.
• Through several leadership forums—the Internationalization Forum of Chief Academic Officers (funded by the Henry Luce Foundation) and the Leadership Network for International Education—ACE helped presidents and provosts better understand the role they play in enhancing international learning.