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  • Student Financial Aid

    May 13, 2013

    ACE Paper Argues There Is Scant Evidence Proving Federal Aid Drives Up College Prices

    In a new monograph written for ACE, Donald E. Heller argues there is scant evidence of a relationship between changes in federal student aid and tuition increases.

  • College Costs

    May 1, 2013

    Ribbon-tied diploma

    Giving MOOCs Some Credit

    MOOCs are convenient and mostly free, but very rarely credit-bearing. Now a growing number of institutions are working on ways to help give MOOC students credit where credit is due.

  • College Costs

    May 1, 2013

    Up Front: Spring 2013

    Most Very High-Achieving, Low-Income Students Do Not Apply to Any Selective Institutions; Search Firm Uses Personality Test to Assess Presidential Candidates; Prospective Students Focus on Sticker Price, Not Actual Cost; MOOCs Change Minds

  • January 31, 2013

    From Our President

    ACE President Molly Corbett Broad discusses the increased federal support for student assistance—as well as the additional scrutiny and heightened willingness to regulate higher education that has come with it.

  • Government Regulation

    January 31, 2013

    A to-do list

    A Chance to Address Unfinished Business

    As President Obama enters his second term, the basic shape of federal higher education policy is already beginning to emerge.

  • Access and Success

    January 31, 2013

    Up Front: Winter 2013

    New Report on the Potential Effects of MOOCs; U.S. Department of Education Provides Strategies for Student Success; ACEnet.edu—Redesigned with You in Mind; Report Suggests High Tuition Rates May Not Deter Students; New Online Tool for PlanningNew Report on the Potential Effects of MOOCs; U.S. Department of Education Provides Strategies for Student Success; ACEnet.edu—Redesigned with You in Mind; Report Suggests High Tuition Rates May Not Deter Students; New Online Tool for Planning Studen...

  • College Costs

    October 24, 2012

    Statement of ACE President Molly Corbett Broad on College Board Trend Reports

    The good news is that tuition increases have moderated at both public and private colleges and universities, but the bad news is that tuition continues to outpace inflation and growth in family income.

  • College Costs

    October 24, 2012

    WEDNESDAY BUZZ: College Board Reports Find Slowdown in Growth of College Costs

    This year’s reports from the College Board found a substantial slowdown in sticker prices at four-year public universities, where the average 4.8 percent increase was the smallest rise in more than a decade.

  • Government Regulation

    June 13, 2012

    WEDNESDAY BUZZ: Education Department Releases Second Round of College Cost Lists

    The Department of Education yesterday released its second annual college cost lists. The department's intention is to provide families with more information about the actual price of college and to focus attention on institutions with rapid tuitionThe Department of Education yesterday released its second annual college cost lists. The department's intention is to provide families with more information about the actual price of college and to focus attention on institutions with rapid tuition i...

  • College Costs

    April 16, 2012

    New Resources on College Costs Available From ACE

    The cost of higher education is an issue of ongoing importance to students and families across the nation, as well as policymakers and political candidates. ACE has released two new publications designed to offer data and insight into this complexThe cost of higher education is an issue of ongoing importance to students and families across the nation, as well as policymakers and political candidates. ACE has released two new publications designed to offer data and insight into this complex ma...