Center for Policy Research and Strategy

December 30, 1899

ACE’s Center for Policy Research and Strategy (CPRS) provides thought leadership at the intersection of public policy and institutional strategy. The Center provides senior college leaders and public policymakers with an evidence base to responsibly promote emergent practices in higher education with an emphasis on long-term and systemic solutions for an evolving higher education landscape and changing American demographic.

CPRS produces papers, issue briefs, and convenings that provide stakeholders with acute insight, rigorous analysis, and on-the-ground application. CPRS organizes its research around three forward-looking themes to help frame strong analysis, foster productive dialogue and inform good decision-making. These broad themes are:

What's New

Publications	Projects
Voices from the Field: Women of Color Presidents in Higher Education Speaking Truth and Acting with Integrity: Confronting Challenges of Campus Racial Climate Campus Inclusion and Freedom of Expression: Controversial Speakers Campus Inclusion and Freedom of Expression: Hateful Incidents Innovative Leadership: Insights from the American College President Study 2017 Leading the Way to Parity: Preparation, Persistence, and the Role of Women Presidents Minority Serving Institutions as Engines of Upward Mobility The Post-traditional Learners Manifesto Revisited: Aligning Postsecondary Education with Real Life for Adult Student Success The American College President Study 2017 Read more...	American College President Study Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education: A Status Report Campus Inclusion and Freedom of Expression Analysis of National Postsecondary Student Aid Survey Data: Post-Traditional Learner Profiles Minority Serving Institutions Issue and Policy Brief Series Higher Education Spotlight Higher Education Today Read more...
Infographics	Blog Posts
Path to the Presidency: The Role of Formal Leadership Training Free Speech and Campus Inclusion Ready to Lead: Women in the Presidency Basic Facts about U.S. Higher Education Paying for College The Federal Perkins Loan Program Chief Academic Officer Survey Infographics Series Pipelines, Pathways, and Institutional Leadership: An Update on the Status of Women in Higher Education 1862 and 1890 Land-Grant University Contributions to the STEM Workforce Faculty Engagement in Internationalization Military-Connected Undergraduates Read more...	Cannabis and the College Campus: Considering the Impact on Students in a Changing Legal Climate Practicing Vigorous Civility When College Feels Like the End Rather Than the Beginning The Paradox of Free Speech in America Today The Hard Work of Innovative Presidents and Teams The Mental and Physical Well-Being of Incoming Freshmen: Three Decades of Research MSIs Are a Viable Path up the Economic Ladder Why We Should Partner with Students to Address Campus Mental Health Enhancing the Quality of the International Student Experience Climate, Mentoring, and Persistence Among Underrepresented STEM Doctoral Students Read more...

Other ACE News

December 6, 2018

HEADLINES: Today's Top Higher Education News

NPR looks at the effort by private universities to enroll more community college transfer students . . . The federal government on Tuesday released an early look at student completion data that it collected as part of a winter 2016-17 survey of...
ACE Annual Meeting

December 5, 2018

Best-Selling Author Tara Westover to Address ACE2019

Author Tara Westover will discuss her best-selling memoir Educated and the transformative power of education during the ACE2019 Monday Luncheon Plenary.
Leading Internationalization

December 3, 2018

2019 Internationalization Collaborative to Consider Student Demographics

The 2019 ACE/AIEA Internationalization Collaborative seeks to address the future of internationalization in higher education. International campus administrators and faculty are encouraged to register now for the Collaborative, which will take place...
Gender Equity

December 3, 2018

ACE, Associations Urge HHS Not to Pursue Definition of Sex

ACE and 28 other higher education groups are urging HHS not to pursue developing a definition of “sex” that would maintain that an individual’s sex was determined at birth and was unchangeable.
Diversity in Leadership

November 28, 2018

Women of Color Speak Candidly About Their Path to the Presidency

When it comes to finding ways to diversify the college presidency, there’s no better place to start than hearing directly from women of color presidents and chancellors. This is the focus of a new ACE publication featuring four of these leaders.