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  • Racial/Ethnic Minority Students

    May 16, 2013

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    Report Finds Demographics of College Graduates Do Not Reflect Changes in Overall Student Body

    A new analysis from ACE finds that individuals who earned their baccalaureate degrees in 2007-08 were not nearly as racially diverse as the overall undergraduate student body.

  • Diversity in Leadership

    May 1, 2013

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    ACE Brief Examines Scarcity of Asian Pacific Islander American Leaders in Higher Education

    An examination of the barriers to advancement for Asian Pacific Islander Americans and a call on the higher education community to take immediate steps to ameliorate the situation.

  • Budget and Appropriations

    April 15, 2013

    ACE President Molly Corbett Broad on President Obama's FY 2014 Budget

    As the major coordinating body for all the nation's higher education institutions, the American Council on Education welcomes many of the proposals included in the president’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request. In particular, by restoring theAs the major coordinating body for all the nation's higher education institutions, the American Council on Education welcomes many of the proposals included in the president’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request. In particular, by restoring the arbitrary...

  • Institutional Capacity

    April 1, 2013

    ACE Brief Calls for Strategic Leadership on Campus Retirement Transitions

    Retirement Transitions in Higher Education encourages campus leaders to expand their view of traditional retirement, as professors and presidents seek to move from full-time work on campus to an encore career or find new opportunities forRetirement Transitions in Higher Education encourages campus leaders to expand their view of traditional retirement, as professors and presidents seek to move from full-time work on campus to an encore career or find new opportunities for involvement...

  • Institutional Effectiveness

    March 19, 2013

    ACE Names 50 Faculty and Administrators to Fellows Program

    ACE has selected 50 college and university senior faculty and administrators for the 2013-14 class of the ACE Fellows Program. Established in 1965, the ACE Fellows Program—the longest running leadership development program in the UnitedACE has selected 50 college and university senior faculty and administrators for the 2013-14 class of the ACE Fellows Program. Established in 1965, the ACE Fellows Program—the longest running leadership development program in the United States—focuse...

  • Adult Learners

    March 5, 2013

    ACE Names Feldeisen and Young Adult Learners of the Year

    Bette A. Feldeisen, a plumbing supervisor and honors graduate, and Joshua John Young, a police officer and Army veteran, today were named ACE's 2012 Adult Learners of the Year.

  • Diversity in Leadership

    March 5, 2013

    ACE Honors Johnnetta B. Cole With the 2013 Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award

    ACE named Johnnetta B. Cole, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art and former president of Spelman College (GA) and Bennett College (NC), the 2013 recipient of the Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award.

  • March 4, 2013

    University of Texas at El Paso President Diana Natalicio Elected Board Chair of ACE

    Diana Natalicio, president of The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), has been elected chair of the Board of Directors of ACE. She succeeds Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern University (MA), and will serve a one-year term.

  • Institutional Capacity

    March 4, 2013

    Study Finds Higher Education Presidential Pipeline Is Slow to Change

    A selection of 149 four-year higher education institutions tracked between 2008 and 2013 showed slight increases in the age and gender diversity of senior administrators holding positions that often lead to the presidency but no change in the shareA selection of 149 four-year higher education institutions tracked between 2008 and 2013 showed slight increases in the age and gender diversity of senior administrators holding positions that often lead to the presidency but no change in the share o...

  • March 3, 2013

    Gee Receives 2013 ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award

    E. Gordon Gee, president of The Ohio State University, was presented today with the 2013 Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award* during the opening plenary of ACE's 95th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.
 

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