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Diversity in Leadership

June 20, 2017

Comprehensive Demographic Profile of American College Presidents Shows Slow Progress in Diversifying Leadership Ranks, Concerns About Funding

The American College President Study 2017 is the eighth edition of the leading and most comprehensive study of presidents from all types of higher education institutions, public and private, two- and four-year.
Leading Internationalization

June 14, 2017

ACE Releases Signature Mapping Internationalization on U.S. Campuses Report

According to the latest edition of the report, internationalization is continuing to gain traction among U.S. colleges and universities, with nearly three-quarters of institutions reporting that it has accelerated on their campuses in recent years.
Institutional Capacity

April 3, 2017

ACE Names 46 Emerging Higher Education Leaders to ACE Fellows Program

ACE has selected 46 emerging college and university leaders for the 2017-18 class of the ACE Fellows Program, the longest running leadership development program in the United States.
ACE2017 - The ACE Annual Meeting

March 13, 2017

Judy C. Miner, Chancellor of Foothill-De Anza Community College District, Elected ACE Board Chair

ACE's membership also elected Barbara R. Snyder, president of Case Western Reserve University, as vice chair; and R. Barbara Gitenstein, president of The College of New Jersey, secretary.
Institutional Capacity

March 12, 2017

ACE Releases Paper Examining Links Between Instructional Quality, Student Outcomes and Institutional Efficiency

The paper commissioned as part of the Council’s collaboration with Strada Education Network, formerly USA Funds, to examine higher education instruction and assess the connections between quality teaching and student success.
ACE2017 - The ACE Annual Meeting

March 12, 2017

Brandman University and Agnes Scott College Receive ACE/Fidelity Investments Award for Institutional Transformation

The award was created to recognize institutions that have responded to higher education challenges in innovative and creative ways and achieved dramatic changes in a relatively brief period, and includes a $10,000 prize.
ACE2017 - The ACE Annual Meeting

March 12, 2017

ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award Posthumously Bestowed to Earl H. Potter III

The late Earl H. Potter III, former president of St. Cloud State University, was awarded today with the 2017 Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award during the opening plenary of ACE2017, ACE's 99th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.
ACE2017 - The ACE Annual Meeting

March 1, 2017

ACE to Honor Cal State Fullerton President Mildred García With 2017 Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award

García, president of California State University, Fullerton, will be presented with the award during the closing plenary of ACE2017, ACE's 99th Annual Meeting, on March 14 in Washington, DC.
ACE2017 - The ACE Annual Meeting

February 22, 2017

Judy Genshaft to Receive Donna Shavlik Award at ACE2017

ACE has announced that Judy Genshaft, president of the University of South Florida System, will receive the 2017 Donna Shavlik Award. The award will be presented at ACE2017, ACE’s 99th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.
ACE2017 - The ACE Annual Meeting

February 15, 2017

ACE Names West Virginia Resident Tara Turley 2016 Student of the Year

Tara Turley, a single mother and electrician who employed her skills to assist her flood-ravaged West Virginia community, is ACE’s 2016 Student of the Year.

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June 21, 2017

Campus Research Can Lend an Advantage to Institutional Decision-Making
Education Dive
June 21, 2017

Landmark Law on Higher Education Should Be Scrapped, DeVos Suggests
The Chronicle of Higher Education
June 21, 2017

College Presidents Still Predominantly Aging White Men, Study Says. But Not in Ohio
Cleveland.com
June 21, 2017

High Interest in President Position at the University of Montana
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June 21, 2017

College Presidents Slowly Becoming More Diverse but Still Mostly White Men in Their 60s
The 74
June 20, 2017

Associate-Degree Colleges Have Most Diverse Presidents
Community College Daily
June 20, 2017

Most College Students Are Female, but College Presidents? Not So Much.
USA Today
June 20, 2017

Behind a Stagnant Portrait of College Leaders, an Opening for Change
The Chronicle of Higher Education
June 20, 2017

In Improving Outcomes, Institutional Researchers Can Be an Untapped Resource
The Chronicle of Higher Education
June 20, 2017

Funding Cuts Pit US University Leaders Against States
Times Higher Education

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