ACE and Affirmative Action

About ACE

The American Council on Education (ACE), founded in 1918, is the umbrella association for the nation's colleges and universities. ACE is dedicated to the belief that equal educational opportunity and a strong higher education system are essential cornerstones of a democratic society.

• ACE's approximately 1,800 members include accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities from all sectors of higher education and other education organizations.
• ACE provides a forum for discussion of major issues relating to higher education and its potential to contribute to the quality of American life.
• ACE maintains both a domestic and an international agenda and seeks to advance the interests and goals of higher and adult education in a changing environment by providing leadership and advocacy on important issues, representing the views of the higher and adult education community to policy makers, and offering services to its members.