Publications from the
Center for Policy Analysis
Minorities
in Higher Education: 2009 Supplement
This online publication is an update to the Minorities in Higher
Education 2008: Twenty-third Status Report. While the 2008 edition
is a comprehensive and detailed examination of educational achievement
among races/ethnicities and by gender, the 2009 supplement offers
updated results on selected key indicators such as high school
completion, college enrollment, degrees conferred and educational
attainment.
Minorities
in Higher Education 2008: Twenty-Third Status Report
Produced with support from GE Foundation, the 2008 Report analyzes the
latest racial/ethic and gender trends in high school completion, college
enrollment, persistence, the awarding of degrees, and the hiring of
college faculty, administrators, and presidents.
The long-term trend in the U.S. of young adults attaining higher
levels of education than older adults appears to have stalled. Both
Asian-American and white 25 to 29 year olds have attained some type of
postsecondary degree at higher rates than those aged 30 or older. In
contrast, young Hispanics and American Indians have lower educational
attainment rates than their older counterparts, while African Americans
have about the same attainment levels for both age groups.
Higher
Education's New Economics: Risks and Rewards of Emerging Operational
Reforms
The sixth installment of the series entitled Informed
Practices: Syntheses of Higher Education Research for Campus
Leaders, Higher Education's New Economics: Risk and Rewards of
Emerging Operational Reforms synthesizes the evidence on
institutional experiments with new policies, organizational structure,
and approaches in pricing, budgeting, human resources, and compensation.
This systematic review should prove extremely valuable to campuses as
they consider new polices or programs in these areas. The report also
includes an annotated bibliography of the most valuable sources for
additional reading and a set of Questions to help focus campus
discussions and strategic analysis.
On the
Pathway to the Presidency
This report presents basic demographic and position information for
those individuals in the senior campus leadership positions most likely
to lead to the presidency. Produced in collaboration with the College
and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR)
and with support from AIG Retirement, On the Pathway is part of The
Spectrum Initiative: Advancing Diversity in the College Presidency.
2007
Status Report on the Pell Grant Program
The American Council on Education's 2007 Status Report on the Pell
Grant Program provides a comprehensive picture of the history and
current state of this vital program. Using data from various federal
sources, this report tracks key indicators of the growth and
distribution of Pell Grants over the program's history and describes how
these grants fit into the overall college financing scheme of low-income
students. It updates ACE's 2003 Status Report on the Pell Grant
Program.
Apples
and Oranges in the Flat World: A Layperson's Guide to International
Comparisons of Postsecondary Education (2007)
This publication is a primer on making sense of comparative performance
measures of postsecondary education. It explains the limitations of
international comparisons, and describes the most frequently cited
sources. Some of the more commonly cited indicators are presented,
including categories of educational performance; production of
scientists and engineers; finances; spending in science and technology;
student mobility and international enrollments; and international
rankings of institutions.
The
American College President, 2007 Edition (2007)
This publication is the sixth report in the American College President
Study (ACPS) series, conducted by ACE since 1986, describing the
backgrounds, career paths, and experiences of college and university
presidents. The report, which marks the 20th anniversary of ACPS,
provides a detailed look at how presidents, and the presidency, have
changed during the past 20 years.
Minorities
in Higher Education Twenty-Second Annual Status Report: 2007
Supplement
This supplement provides updates for the most frequently used
information from the 2006 Status Report. The most current as well
as historical data are presented on key indicators tracking the movement
of people of color into and through higher education in the
United States. Beginning in 2007, the full version Status
Report is produced biennially, while updates on selected information are
provided as a supplement in the intervening years.
Minorities
in Higher Education Twenty-Second Annual Status Report (2006)
The Twenty-Second Annual Status Report on Minorities in Higher Education
presents data on the progress of Hispanics, African Americans, Asian
Americans, and American Indians in postsecondary education. This full
edition of the annual report features more than 50 charts, tables, and
graphs documenting patterns in high school completion, college
participation, college enrollment, and the awarding of degrees by
race/ethnicity, gender, and field of study, as well as employment trends
in higher education.
Who Borrows Private Loans? (PDF)
This issue brief examines the rapid growth of private students
loans and answers some important questions about private loan borrowers
including their academic and demographic profiles; the other types of
financial aid they receive; and the share of students who forgo federal
student loans in favor of private loans.
Gender Equity in Higher Education: 2006
In 2000, the American Council on Education (ACE) published Gender
Equity in Higher Education: Are Male Students at a Disadvantage? to
aid campus leaders in analyzing and responding to gender equity in
colleges and universities. Now, Gender Equity in Higher Education:
2006 updates the findings of the earlier report and contains new and
more detailed analyses of college enrollment.
Adult
Learners in the United States: A National Profile (2006)
This monograph summarizes published data and research about the
characteristics and enrollment patterns of adult learners enrolled for
credit in postsecondary institutions in the United States. It is
intended as a convenient and 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 for themselves, campus colleagues, or external
constituents.
Increasing the Success of Minority Students in Science
and Technology (2006)
This paper examines the path of students in the STEM fields, focusing on
persistence toward bachelor's degrees, by race and ethnicity. It shows
that African-American and Hispanic students entering four-year
institutions major in the STEM fields at similar rates as white and
Asian-American students, that they initially persist, but that they
struggle in their final years to complete a bachelor's degree.
Credit Card Ownership and Behavior Among Traditional-Age
Undergraduates, 2003–04 (PDF)
This issue brief summarizes the best available data on credit card
ownership and use among traditional-age undergraduates. Topics
covered include carrying a balance, charging tuition, and combining
credit card use with borrowing through student loan programs.
Working Their Way Through College: Student Employment
and its Impact on the College Experience (PDF)
Working students are ubiquitous in American higher education. Students
are more likely to work than live on campus, to study full time, to
attend a four-year college or university, or apply for or receive
financial aid. This issue brief explores who works, how much time they
spend on jobs, why students work, and how work effect academic success
and college financing.
College Students Today—A National Portrait
(2005)
This reference booklet features some basic facts about the nation's
college students. College Students Today looks at important
characteristics of male and female students, students from each
racial/ethnic group, adult students, foreign students, low-income
students, and several other groups.
Federal Student Loan Debt: 1993 to 2004 (2005)
Summarizes the total student loan debt of undergraduate and graduate
students completing their degrees. It describes recent trends in
cumulative student loan borrowing of college graduates by institution
type and degree earned.
Improving
Lives Through Higher Education: Campus Programs and Policies for
Low-Income Adults (2005)
Represents one of the first attempts to measure the institutional
programs, policies, and services available to adult college students,
particularly low-income adults.
The
School-to-College Transition: Challenges and Prospects (2004)
Summarizes the growing body of research on the school-to-college
transition, focusing on actions that college and university leaders can
take to improve low-income and minority students' access to higher
education.
Missed Opportunities: Students Who Do Not Apply for
Financial Aid (2004)
Examines the rates at which undergraduates failed to complete a Free
Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as well as select
characteristics of those students in terms of dependency status, income,
attendance status, and institution type.
Overview of Higher Education in the United States:
Diversity, Access, and the Role of the Marketplace (2004)
Provides snapshots of how most colleges and universities are governed
and financed, their students and faculty, the nature of the curriculum
and student life, and the effects of the marketplace on colleges and
universities.
Debt Burden: Repaying Student Debt (2004)
Analyzes data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
to take a closer look at debt burden—the percentage of monthly
income dedicated to student loan payments after graduation—for
those awarded baccalaureates in 1993 and 2000.
Frequently Asked Questions About Distance Education
(2004)
In 2000, ACE published its first issue brief on distance education,
reporting data from a U.S. Department of Education survey of colleges
and universities on distance education offerings in the 1997–98
academic year. This issue brief updates that information with data from
a similar Department of Education survey in the 2000–01 academic
year.
Choice of Institution: Changing Student Attendance
Patterns in the 1990s (2004)
Describes where individuals who participated in higher education
enrolled and how those patterns changed during the 1990s, using data
from the Department of Education's National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES).
Low-Income
Adults in Profile: Improving Lives Through Higher Education
(2004)
Describes the background characteristics, academic profiles, and special
challenges faced by low-income adult students, and features a special
essay that defines the economic and social imperative for investing in
the education of low-income adults.
Money
Matters: The Impact of Race/Ethnicity and Gender on How Students Pay for
College (2003)
An essential reference for anyone concerned about how students pay for
college, this new report provides data and analysis for men, women, and
each major racial/ethnic group on student demographic characteristics,
students' choice of institution, grants and scholarships, student
borrowing, student employment, and the impact of students' choices on
their academic success.
Gender Equity in Higher Education: Are Male Students at
a Disadvantage? (2003)
Gender Equity in Higher Education: Are Male Students at a Disadvantage?,
produced by ACE's Center for Policy Analysis, examines data on the
educational achievement of men and women to determine the validity of
previous reports that concluded that women are more likely than their
male peers to enroll in college and attain a degree. It concludes that
there is no general educational crisis among men, but that gender equity
in higher education varies tremendously by age, race/ethnicity, and
socioeconomic status.
2003
Status Report on the Pell Grant Program (2003)
The American Council on Education (ACE) has produced its latest status
report on the Pell Grant program. Examining historical trends, as well
as concentrating on data for a single year, this latest status report
offers vital data on Pell Grant recipients, comparing them with other
undergraduate students in terms of demographic characteristics and
financing choices.
Student Success: Understanding Graduation and
Persistence Rates (2003)
Conflicting reports on the progress of students through higher education
often confuse the issues of institutional retention, student
persistence, and degree attainment. Although institutional retention
measures and graduation rate are important campus planning and
management tools, they do not reflect the overall student
experience.
2003
Status Report on the Federal Education Loan Programs (2003)
Using data for 1999–2000, the American Council on Education has
produced this report, presenting the most recent data on important
trends in the largest federal education loan programs. It also describes
the characteristics of student borrowers and outlines the role loans
play in students' college financing schemes.
Diversifying
Campus Revenue Streams: Opportunities and Risks (2003)
This report considers why higher education institutions are diversifying
their revenue streams; examines revenue-generating efforts in
instruction, research, financial management, franchising, and other
domains; and synthesizes the research on decision-making processes
regarding new revenues. Diversifying Campus Revenue Streams:
Opportunities and Risks is the second paper in the series,
Informed Practice: Syntheses of Higher Education Research for Campus
Leaders.
Distributed Education: Summary of a Six-Part Series
(2003)
This paper offers an executive summary of each of the monographs
commissioned by the American Council on Education (ACE) and EDUCAUSE for
the series, Distributed Education: Challenges, Choices, and a New
Environment. This final report provides readers a brief overview of
each monograph, which cover a variety of topics related to distributed
education: the contemporary context of distributed education,
self-regulation, the importance of institutional leadership, student
learning, partnerships, and major challenges to the growth of
distributed distance education.
Barriers to Distance Education (2003)
Although technology has broadened the boundaries of higher education,
significant barriers to distance learning remain. This paper, the sixth
and final monograph in the ACE/EDUCAUSE series Distributed Education:
Challenges, Choices, and a New Environment, closely examines these
obstacles, including those both inside and outside the academy.
Partnerships in Distributed Education (2002)
Partnerships among higher education institutions and between these
institutions and for-profit firms can be effective and desirable
vehicles for implementing distributed education. However, these
relationships often raise issues related to curriculum control, faculty
autonomy, trademarks, technology expertise, courseware ownership, and
revenue sharing. This monograph, the fifth in the ACE/EDUCAUSE series
Distributed Education: Challenges, Choices, and a New
Environment, provides guidance to institutions seeking to form
successful partnerships in distributed education.
American College President, 2002 Edition (2002)
The American College President, 2002 Edition provides the most
comprehensive data available on college and university presidents. The
only source of demographic data on presidents from all sectors of
American higher education, the report presents information on
presidents' education, career paths, and length of service, as well as
personal characteristics such as age, race/ethnicity, gender, marital
status, and religious affiliation. Information regarding the
presidential search process and the growing demands on American college
presidents also appears, as do comparisons with data from previous
reports in the series.
New Professoriate: Characteristics, Contributions, and
Compensation (2002)
The New Professoriate: Characteristics, Contributions, and
Compensation analyzes the most complete data available on faculty,
discussing the characteristics of nontraditional faculty and comparing
them to their full-time colleagues.
Student
Learning as Academic Currency (2002)
This monograph, fourth in the ACE/EDUCAUSE series Distributed
Education: Challenges, Choices, and a New Environment, explores how
distributed education challenges the credit hour as the standard measure
of student progress. It describes a system based on alternate
measurements of student learning that accommodates the asynchronous
nature of distributed education. The paper also examines the
institutional, state, and federal policy implications of an alternative
measurement system.
Distributed Learning: New Challenges and Opportunities for
Institutional Leadership (2002)
This monograph, third in the ACE/EDUCAUSE series, Distributed
Education: Challenges, Choices, and a New Environment, focuses on
the challenges faced by college and university leaders as their
institutions begin to engage in distributed learning and the potentially
transforming changes that lie along the way.
Touching the Future: Final Report (2002)
In 1999, the American Council on Education Presidents' Task Force on
Teacher Education released To Touch the Future: Transforming the Way
Teachers Are Taught. The report laid the groundwork for college and
university leaders to engage actively and aggressively in reforming the
way their institutions educate future teachers. Since that time, ACE has
worked to raise awareness of the shortcomings in teacher education and
devise ways to overcome these deficiencies.
Crucial
Choices: How Students' Financial Decisions Affect Their Academic Success
(2002)
This report examines the effects of students' financial choices on their
prospect of succeeding in college. Using the most recent statistical
data, Crucial Choices describes students who are entering
college, their academic background, how they choose to pay for their
education, and the potential effects of those choices on the likelihood
that they will graduate.
Access
& Persistence: Findings from 10 Years of Longitudinal Research on
Students (2002)
Access & Persistence: Findings from 10 Years of Longitudinal
Research on Students is a clear, cogent summary of what researchers
have learned about access, persistence, and outcomes from 10 years of
federally funded national longitudinal studies of college students.
Maintaining the Delicate Balance: Distance Learning,
Higher Education Accreditation, and the Politics of Self-Regulation
(2002)
This paper describes the impact of distance learning on the balance
among accreditation (to assure quality in higher education),
institutional self-regulation, and the availability of federal money to
colleges and universities. The paper confronts the challenges of
protecting students and the public from poor-quality higher education,
and attending to quality in an increasingly internationalized higher
education marketplace.
Distributed Education and Its Challenges: An Overview
(2001)
Distributed Education and Its Challenges: An Overview is the
first report in the ACE/EDUCAUSE series Distributed Education:
Challenges, Choices, and a New Environment. This report identifies
significant issues associated with distributed education and suggests a
series of questions to help institutional leaders establish and validate
their options.
Measuring
Quality: Choosing Among Surveys and Other Assessments of College Quality
(2001)
The purpose of this guide is to articulate a set of questions and issues
that campus leaders can review when deciding whether to participate in a
given survey or use a specific assessment instrument. The guide also
describes in detail 30 of the major national surveys and assessments.
Although the guide does not rate or recommend these services, it
suggests the criteria campus leaders should use to determine the use and
usefulness of any survey instrument or service, based on specific campus
needs, capabilities, and goals.
To Touch the Future: Transforming the Way Teachers are Taught
(1999)
This report addresses what college and university presidents can do, in
their roles as academic and institutional leaders, to transform the
quality of teachers serving the nation's classrooms, and why
presidential leadership is so crucial to the success of this
venture.
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