November 21, 2011
Request to Education Secretary Arne Duncan to carefully consider the impact on campuses of the new funding criteria for the Upward Bound Program.
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April 15, 2014
In today’s headlines, The Chronicle of Higher Education covers a Lumina Foundation summit where scholars discussed ideas for making college affordable and raising completion rates, and Inside Higher Ed looks at whether the federal government should automatically enroll student loan borrowers in an income-based repayment plan as they leave school. In other news, The Associated Press reports that the NCAA says unionization by college athletes could lead to fewer scholarships and championships as well as a drop in academic support and career counseling. See these and more stories below.
April 14, 2014
Senior leaders from nine colleges and universities gathered at ACE April 8-9, charged with the urgent mission of constructing initiatives to significantly increase the number of first-generation and nontraditional students who gain a college degree.
April 10, 2014
Registration is open for the 83rd National Women’s Leadership Forum, to be held June 18-20, 2014, just outside Washington, DC, in Arlington, VA.
April 09, 2014
ACE and a group of higher education association filed an amicus brief this week in the high-profile case Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc., which deals with the legality of unpaid internships.
April 08, 2014
The Association of Chief Academic Officers elected its first board of directors and slate of officers last month during its business meeting at ACE’s Annual Meeting in San Diego, and continues to welcome eligible institutions as members.