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Student Issues

  • From academic and career counseling to financial services to campus safety, it is imperative that students receive the support they need to succeed. ACE offers tools and resources to help colleges and universities understand the issues facing today’s students and develop effective practices and strategies.
  • All the efforts of the higher education community build toward a series of succeeding goals: helping to make a college education in reach of all students, supporting institutions as they serve these students once enrolled, and seeing a majority of them graduate with a degree and a commitment to lifelong learning. ACE’s work on financial aid policy is the most obvious example of these efforts, but other areas include access and affordability, student health insurance and health reform, campus safety and security, affirmative action and veterans education.

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  • October 19, 2012

    Institutions Mark National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week

    College and university students will join forces with their peers and campus professionals on more than 800 campuses across the country to promote National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (NCAAW), Oct. 21-27, 2012.

  • October 17, 2012

    Fall 2012 International Student Enrollment Snapshot Survey Closes Friday

    Campuses have until Friday, Oct. 19, to respond to a survey about international student enrollment from the Institute of International Education (IIE).

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    July 31, 2012

    Pell Grant Funding History (1976 to 2010)

    An ACE Factsheet on the history of Pell Grant funding from 1976 to 2010. The federal Pell Grant began in FY73. However, FY76 was the first year in which all undergraduates were eligible to receive a grant. Cost of attendance includes tuition, fees, room, and board. Constant dollar values are adjusted for inflation, 2010 dollars based on fiscal year CPI-U.

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    July 24, 2012

    Average Annual Earnings of Workers 18 Years Old and Older, by Educational Attainment, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender in 2010

    The Center for Policy Analysis is responsible for the content in ACE Fact Sheets on Higher Education.

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    March 2, 2012

    Letter on Final Student Health Insurance Coverage Regulations

    To Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the White House on the delay in releasing final student health insurance coverage regulations. ACE requests that HHS immediately issue the final rules or announce that implementation will be delayed until the 2013-14 academic year

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    May 10, 2011

    Letter to Obama Administration Requesting Assistance for Libyan Students

    Letter to Secretaries Janet Napolitano, Timothy Geithner and Hillary Clinton requesting assistance for the approximately 2,000 Libyan nationals currently studying in the United States on student visas, almost all of whom are fully funded by the Libyan government.

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    August 1, 2007

    Who Borrows Private Loans?

    This issue brief answers the following key questions about private student loan borrowers, 1) what types of academic programs and institutions do private student loan borrowers attend?, 2) what is the demographic profile of undergraduate private student loan borrowers and how do these students differ from those who don’t use these loans?, 3) what other types of financial aid—especially federal student loans—do private borrowers receive?, 4) what share of students forgo federal student loans and rely exclusively on private loans?, and, 5) what factors might help explain this behavior?

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    June 23, 2006

    Gender Equity in Higher Education: 2006

    The purpose of this publication is to aid campus leaders in analyzing and responding to the gender equity issue. The report takes a detailed look at the educational achievement of men and women in the United States, disaggregating key indicators by race/ethnicity, age, and income to determine where the gender gap exists, where it was widest, and where concerns about men appear to be justified or misplaced.

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    November 10, 2004

    An Overview of Higher Education in the United States: Diversity, Access, and the Role of the Marketplace

    This publication describes the major characteristics of American higher education and important issues that challenge it, linking back as appropriate to essential philosophical underpinnings of American higher education history.

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    August 21, 2003

    Gender Equity in Higher Education: Are Male Students at a Disadvantage?

    This report updates tables and figures on a number of measures, including enrollment and degrees conferred, to understand gender differences in higher education.

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At Home in the World

At Home in the World: Educating for Global Connections and Local Commitments

ACE's Inclusive Excellence Group and Center for Internationalization and Global Engagement are collaboratively promoting the At Home in the World initiative to reach the ultimate goal of creating synergistic learning environments that empower students.

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