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  • Gender Equity

    March 2, 2013

    ACE Honors Juliet V. Garcia and Karen S. Haynes at Women's Leadership Dinner

    ACE has awarded Juliet García, president of The University of Texas at Brownsville, with the ACE Lifetime Achievement Award and Karen Haynes, president of California State University San Marcos, with the 2013 Donna Shavlik Award.

  • Supporting Student Veterans

    February 27, 2013

    ACE, CDP to Train College Mental Health Counselors to Aid Student Veterans

    ACE is launching an initiative to train hundreds of college and university mental health counselors on how to better address issues such as post-traumatic stress and suicide prevention in their work treating student veterans.

  • Institutional Capacity

    February 25, 2013

    More Than 1,500 Higher Education Leaders to Gather in Washington for ACE's 95th Annual Meeting

    MOOCS, college completion, campus internationalization—these are just a few of the issues more than 1,500 leaders will discuss at ACE's 95th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, March 2-5, 2013.

  • Institutional Capacity

    February 6, 2013

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    ACE Announces Launch of Association of Chief Academic Officers

    ACE has announced plans for the launch of the first national professional organization representing chief academic officers from all sectors of higher education, the Association of Chief Academic Officers.

  • Educational Attainment

    January 23, 2013

    Higher Education Leaders Call for Bold Action on Attainment

    In an open letter released today, leading college and university presidents call upon their colleagues to make retention and completion a critical campus priority to stem the unacceptable loss of human potential represented by the number of students...

  • Adult Learners

    January 18, 2013

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    New Paper Calls for Revamping Higher Education to Meet the Needs of Post-Traditional Learners

    Higher education leaders should transform the academy to better serve post-traditional learners, according to a new paper commissioned by ACE.

  • Prior Learning Assessments

    January 15, 2013

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    ACE to Forge New Ground in MOOC Evaluation and Research Effort

    ACE is opening a new front in its groundbreaking initiative to evaluate massive open online courses (MOOCs) for possible college credit and explore how this new learning mode can best spur student success.

  • Racial/Ethnic Minority Students

    November 28, 2012

    New Issue Brief Explores African American and Hispanic College Attainment Gaps

    A new issue brief from ACE sheds light on why certain racial and ethnic minorities—specifically African Americans and Hispanics—have lower levels of postsecondary degree attainment. The Education Gap: Understanding African American and HispanicA new issue brief from ACE sheds light on why certain racial and ethnic minorities—specifically African Americans and Hispanics—have lower levels of postsecondary degree attainment. The Education Gap: Understanding African American and Hispanic Attai...

  • Security and Crisis Management

    November 15, 2012

    ACE Publication Provides Guidance to Academic Leaders on Handling Campus Crises

    Preparing for a wide array of potential emergencies and being ready to employ every available form of communication are some of the keys that enable college presidents to successfully lead their campuses through a crisis, according to a newPreparing for a wide array of potential emergencies and being ready to employ every available form of communication are some of the keys that enable college presidents to successfully lead their campuses through a crisis, according to a new publicati...

  • Prior Learning Assessments

    November 13, 2012

    ACE to Assess Potential of MOOCs, Evaluate Courses for Credit-Worthiness

    ACE has announced a wide-ranging research and evaluation effort that will examine the academic potential of massive open online courses (MOOCs).
 

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