It Begins with Difficult Conversations: How Community College Leaders Can Support Faculty-led Student Success Efforts October 30, 2019 By Carrie B. Kisker Section 1 ContentYou are being redirected to ACE's Higher Education Today blog. If you are not automatically redirected, please click here: Section 2 Content Section 3 Content Section 4 Content Section 5 Content Section 6 Content Button Content Rail Content 1 Rail Content 2 Rail Content 3 Related Press Release March 5, 2026 ACE, in collaboration with Pearson, has released a new brief examining how colleges and universities can better support stopped-out learners in returning to complete their degrees. Read More Press Release March 5, 2026 ACE, Pearson Release Brief on Reengaging Stopped-out Learners Video January 27, 2026 As AI reshapes campuses, leaders must choose: chase detection tools or refocus on supporting real learning. 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Read More News April 28, 2025 ACE Innovation Lab Sparks New Energy for Measuring Postsecondary Value News April 14, 2025 ACE recently hosted its latest Higher Education Innovation Lab in New Orleans, bringing together survey administrators, institutional leaders, researchers, and policy experts to explore new ways to integrate and democratize data insights. Read More News April 14, 2025 Advancing Data Insights: ACE Innovation Lab Charts a Path for the Future News March 31, 2025 ACE convened the inaugural Higher Education Futures Forum in Washington, DC, on Feb. 13, bringing together seven distinguished higher education leaders for a thought-provoking exploration of the long-term future of higher education. Read More News March 31, 2025 ACE Launches Higher Education Futures Forum: Leaders Explore New Pathways Forward News June 28, 2024 ACE released a brief that uses insights from the HERI Diverse Learning Environments Survey to examine differences in students’ perceptions of their learning environment. Read More News June 28, 2024 ACE Releases Insights from Diverse Learning Environments Survey News January 22, 2024 Institutions can still register to administer the 2024 Higher Education Research Institute surveys and gain access to unique and actionable insights into their students, faculty, and staff. Read More News January 22, 2024 Still Time to Access Suite of HERI Survey Tools, Student Experience Data, and More News October 16, 2023 The application deadline for the ACE Fellows Program--the nation's premier higher education leadership development program—is quickly approaching. Read More News October 16, 2023 Applications Still Open for 2024-2025 ACE Fellows Cohort Blog Post June 26, 2023 Ashley L. Gray writes that it’s time to reimagine the current pipeline to the presidency and eliminate the pitfalls historically marginalized people face. Read More Blog Post June 26, 2023 Renaissance: The Role of Succession Planning in Diversifying the American College Presidency News June 5, 2023 As the mental health crisis continues to impact higher education, ACE is offering resources on finding the best-suited teletherapy vendors to support students, as well as assessing what programs have an evidence base that supports student mental health. Read More News June 5, 2023 New Resources Assess Teletherapy Vendors and Effective Mental Health Practices Podcast May 11, 2023 Recorded live at the American Council on Education’s recent annual meeting, this episode features Bill Pink and Leslie Gonzales in a conversation about how we can continue to diversify the presidency and why it’s essential. Read More Podcast May 11, 2023 Diversifying the College Presidency Is Essential Podcast April 26, 2023 Recorded live at ACE2023, this is the first of two episodes unpacking results from ACE’s new report, The American College President: 2023 Edition. Read More Podcast April 26, 2023 Where Are All the Women College Presidents? Press Release April 14, 2023 The American College President: 2023 Edition is the ninth edition of the leading and most comprehensive study of presidents from all types of higher education institutions, public and private, two- and four-year. Read More Press Release April 14, 2023 ACE’s American College President Study Finds Higher Ed Leadership Continues Slow March to Parity, Equity Trends & Data Download a zip folder containing PNG files of all the figures from "American College President Study: 2023 Edition." Read More Trends & Data American College President Study: 2023 Edition Figures (ZIP) News March 31, 2023 ACE and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching have unveiled a new website as part of the effort to reimagine the Carnegie Classifications and modernize the nation’s leading framework for grouping institutions of higher education. Read More News March 31, 2023 New Carnegie Classifications Website Launched News May 9, 2022 ACE, in collaboration with rpk GROUP, is set to launch a workshop that will prepare higher education leaders to implement innovative business models, as they guide their institutions into a post-pandemic world. 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