Carnegie Classifications Redesign Better Reflects the Higher Education Landscape and Recognizes Student Success April 24, 2025 Section 1 ContentYou are being redirected to the Carnegie website. If you are not automatically redirected, please click here. Section 2 Content Section 3 Content Section 4 Content Section 5 Content Section 6 Content Media Contact Jon Riskind Email:jriskind@acenet.edu Telephone:(202) 939-9453 Button Content Rail Content 1 Rail Content 2 Rail Content 3 Related Webinar July 16, 20252:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. ET Join us for the next webinar in the 2025 Women’s Leadership Speaker Series as expert panelists discuss a new guide to prepare women leaders for the executive level application and interview process in higher education. Read More Webinar July 16, 20252:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. ET Empowering Women in Leadership: Strategies from a Candidate Preparedness Guide Webinar June 26, 202512:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. ET The Senate reconciliation bill isn’t good for higher education. Join dotEDU Live as the hosts discuss proposals from the HELP and Finance committees and the latest developments affecting research and international students. Read More Webinar June 26, 202512:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. ET dotEDU Live: What the Senate Reconciliation Bill Gets (Mostly) Wrong News June 16, 2025 AAU, ACE, and APLU, joined by 12 higher education institutions, have filed suit against the Department of Defense in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Read More News June 16, 2025 Higher Ed Associations, Institutions File Suit to Stop DOD Research Cuts Statement June 16, 2025 ACE, AAU, and APLU have sued to block a new DOD policy slashing F&A support for university research critical to national defense and military readiness. Read More Statement June 16, 2025 Statement of AAU, ACE, and APLU Regarding Their Legal Challenge to the Administration’s Cut to Critical Defense Research Press Release June 12, 2025 The Joint Associations Group on Indirect Costs has updated the research community on the work of its subject matter experts team to develop a new model for funding indirect costs of federal research grants. Read More Press Release June 12, 2025 Joint Associations Group on Indirect Costs Shares Subject Matter Recommendations News June 9, 2025 ACE and a coalition of national higher education associations filed an amicus brief in support of Harvard University’s lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to subvert higher education to the federal government’s political leadership. Read More News June 9, 2025 ACE, Other Higher Ed Associations Back Legal Challenge to the Executive Branch’s Efforts to Control Harvard Convening June 9, 2025 Join us June 9 in Washington, DC for the Commission on Faith-Based Colleges and Universities convening. The day includes a presidents-only session, lunch, and a public program with a keynote and documentary screening. Read More Convening June 9, 2025 2025 Convening of the ACE Commission on Faith-Based Colleges and Universities Video May 28, 2025 Join this discussion with expert panelists about how the past academic year impacted our students and how we might anticipate and address future mental health concerns on our campuses amid an unpredictable political climate. Read More Video May 28, 2025 Navigating Campus Mental Health in a Changing America: What Now? Video May 19, 2025 This webinar—in partnership with the Brookings Institution—explores the current landscape of state higher education policy and more. Read More Video May 19, 2025 Strengthening Higher Education: How States Can Lead Amidst Federal Uncertainty Podcast May 16, 2025 Jon Fansmith, Mushtaq Gunja, and Sarah Spreitzer are joined by Steven Bloom, ACE assistant vice president for government relations, about the Trump administration’s escalating actions against higher education Read More Podcast May 16, 2025 dotEDU Live: Associations Speak Out as Reconciliation Targets Higher Ed News May 14, 2025 Today, more than 50 higher education organizations have come together in a statement that expresses broad opposition to recent actions by the administration that jeopardize the longstanding partnership between the federal government and institutions. Read More News May 14, 2025 ACE, Others Call on Trump Administration to Reforge Compact with Higher Education News May 13, 2025 Colleges and universities can sign up to administer the survey through Oct. 10. Read More News May 13, 2025 Celebrating 60 Years of Insight: The CIRP Freshman Survey Opens for 2025 News May 9, 2025 The Trump administration released its FY 2026 “skinny budget” on May 2, outlining sweeping cuts to federal programs that support higher education and scientific research. Read More News May 9, 2025 White House FY 2026 Budget Proposal Targets Education, Science, and Civil Rights Funding Press Release May 6, 2025 AJC, ACE, AAU, and other partner organizations issued a joint statement today pledging concrete reforms to combat campus antisemitism while warning that recent federal actions threaten academic freedom and jeopardize research funding. Read More Press Release May 6, 2025 AJC, ACE, AAU, Others Unite Against Antisemitism, Caution on Federal Overreach Statement May 5, 2025 ACE, AAU, and APLU issued this joint statement announcing a federal lawsuit against the NSF’s cap on indirect cost reimbursements, warning that it threatens critical research, violates federal grantmaking rules, and undermines US global competitiveness. Read More Statement May 5, 2025 Statement of AAU, ACE, and APLU Regarding Their Legal Challenge to the National Science Foundation’s Cut to Critical Research That Strengthens America News April 18, 2025 ACE and six other higher education associations filed an amicus brief supporting a legal challenge to the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) sudden cancellation of research grants that it claims no longer align with the agency’s priorities. Read More News April 18, 2025 ACE and Higher Education Groups Back Legal Challenge to NIH Grant Terminations Podcast April 16, 2025 This episode of dotEDU Live dives into the Trump administration’s sweeping demands on Harvard, the spike in international student visa revocations, and escalating legal battles over federal research funding. Read More Podcast April 16, 2025 dotEDU Live: Harvard Pushes Back, Visa Chaos, and the Fight for Research Funding Statement April 14, 2025 ACE, AAU, APLU, and a number of research universities have filed a new lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts seeking to halt the proposed DOE F&A cut. Read More Statement April 14, 2025 Statement of AAU, ACE, and APLU Regarding Their Legal Challenge to the Administration’s Cut to Critical Energy Research Statement April 8, 2025 National organizations representing America’s academic, medical, and independent research institutions have come together to spur the development of a more efficient and transparent model for funding indirect costs on federal research grants. Read More Statement April 8, 2025 National Organizations Announce Joint Effort to Develop a New Indirect Costs Funding Model News March 31, 2025 On March 27, the House of Representatives passed the DETERRENT Act, advancing legislation that would dramatically expand foreign gift reporting requirements for colleges and universities. Read More News March 31, 2025 ACE, Higher Ed Associations Urge Changes to Foreign Gift Reporting Bill Passed by House Blog Post ACE President Ted Mitchell urges the incoming administration to recognize the critical role America’s colleges and universities can play in tackling the nation’s most pressing challenges. Read More Blog Post Open Letter to President-elect Trump