News Room

• Preparing for College

  January 9, 2015

  

  ACE President Molly Corbett Broad on President Obama’s Community College Initiative

  President Obama has presented an extremely bold proposal, a potential game-changer that could encourage millions more students to consider, apply and enroll in postsecondary education.

• December 19, 2014

  

  ACE President Molly Corbett Broad on the Department of Education’s College Ratings Framework

  ​The Department of Education has worked hard and engaged in extensive consultation to produce a thoughtful report on the status of its planned ratings system. However, in reality this is a status report on the beginning of a conceptual framework.

• Innovative Practices

  December 15, 2014

  

  Twenty-Five Institutions to Participate in ACE Alternative Credit Project

  ACE announced today that 25 colleges and universities are joining an alternative credit consortium as part of an innovative initiative to create a more flexible pathway toward a college degree for millions of nontraditional learners.

• November 29, 2014

  

  ACE President Molly Corbett Broad on the Death of ACE General Counsel Ada Meloy

  ACE mourns the loss of a dear colleague and friend.

• Applying to College

  November 17, 2014

  

  American College Application Campaign Sees Record Year

  ​As President Obama proclaims November National College Application Month, the only nationwide college application initiative is in the midst of a record-setting year.

• Global Higher Education

  November 12, 2014

  

  ACE Study Illuminates Opportunities, Challenges of International Joint and Dual Degree Programs

  New study looks at international joint and dual degree programs and their role in helping U.S. colleges and universities establish ongoing, multi-dimensional global partnerships.

• Campus Internationalization

  September 15, 2014

  

  New ACE Paper Explores Challenges to HBCUs in Internationalization

  The paper is the culmination of a three-year research project that was funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education, where seven HBCUs worked with ACE to develop campus-wide internationalization strategies.

• Innovative Practices

  September 10, 2014

  

  ACE Alternative Credit Project to Increase Attainment Levels for Nontraditional Learners With Some College, No Degree

  ACE launches groundbreaking effort to form a next-generation alternative credit system that will boost the ability of nontraditional learners to gain a college degree.

• Innovative Practices

  July 16, 2014

  

  ACE Presidential Innovation Lab Papers Explore Higher Education Business Model Challenges, Changing Faculty Roles

  Effort examines potential of new education innovations to boost national college attainment rate.

• June 9, 2014

  

  ACE President Molly Corbett Broad's Statement on Student Loan Repayment Program Expansion

  President Obama's decision to expand the "Pay As You Earn" student loan repayment plan is an important step that will make several million more Americans eligible for this generous option.

Browse Stories

• January 21, 2015

  Flexibility and Graduation

  Inside Higher Ed

• January 9, 2015

  Obama, in Tennessee, Begins Selling His Community College Tuition Plan

  The New York Times

• January 9, 2015

  Two Years of Free Community College

  Inside Higher Ed

• January 8, 2015

  Obama Proposes Free Community College for Millions of Students

  The Chronicle of Higher Education

• January 7, 2015

  FAFSA Too Complicated? Financial Aid Process Should Be Easier, Say Experts, Politicians

  International Business Times

• January 5, 2015

  Time, Money and Teacher Prep

  Inside Higher Ed

• January 2, 2015

  Big Union Win

  Inside Higher Ed

• December 22, 2014

  Labor Ruling Could Allow More Faculty to Unionize

  The New York Times

• December 22, 2014

  Big Union Win

  Inside Higher Ed

• December 19, 2014

  Concept for Federal College-ratings System Is Unveiled

  Marketplace