 Understanding the Entering Class of 2025: Key Insights from The CIRP Freshman Survey 2025
| 6/11/2026 | Data from 17,127 incoming students show a population that continues to become more diverse across race and ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, language, and socioeconomic background. The analysis also focuses on differences across student groups, including racial and ethnic minority students, LGBTQ+ students, low-income students, first-generation students, and military learners. |
Topic(s): Campus Issues; Student Outcomes
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Type: Issue Brief
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AI in Higher Education: Where Leaders and Students Stand
| 5/13/2026 | This brief pairs data from ACE’s Pulse Point surveys and Studiosity’s Student Wellbeing survey to reflect on a dual imperative for higher education—adopting AI responsibly while equipping students to use it effectively. |
Topic(s): Data-Enabled LEadership; Innovation; Student Outcomes
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Type: Issue Brief
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Presidential Succession Planning at Faith-Based Colleges and Universities
| 3/12/2026 | This brief shares insights from a qualitiative study that investigated leadership perspectives and practices of presidents at faith-based colleges and universities related to succession planning. |
Topic(s): Leadership Pipeline
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Type: Issue Brief
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Reengaging Stopped-Out Learners: Institutional Strategies for Return and Completion
| 3/5/2026 | This brief, produced in collaboration with Pearson, uses insights from focus groups of college and university leaders to examine, assess, and strengthen efforts toward stopped-out learners’ reentry and completion. |
Topic(s): Completion; Persistence; Post-Traditional Learners; Student Outcomes
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Type: Issue Brief
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2026 Winter Term Pulse Point Survey
| 1/20/2026 | In this December 2025 survey, senior leaders shared insight on their most pressing concerns, including federal policy actions affecting higher education. |
Topic(s): Campus Issues; Policy and Research
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Type: Issue Brief
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 ACE 2025 Annual Report
| 1/9/2026 | The 2025 American Council on Education Annual Report highlights the impact ACE continues to make defending the value and integrity of higher education and advocating on behalf of our nation’s colleges and universities. |
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Type: Report
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How to Read Your Credly Transcript
| 12/10/2025 | This document offers a clear, highlighted overview of each section of a Credly-issued digital transcript, giving users an easy-to-follow explanation of every element included in the record. |
Topic(s): Credit; Transcripts
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Type: Infographic
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How to Read Your Accredible Transcript
| 12/10/2025 | This document provides a highlighted, section-by-section guide to the components of an Accredible-issued digital transcript, helping users understand the purpose and content of each feature at a glance. |
Topic(s): Credit; Transcripts
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Type: Infographic
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 No Template When Being the First: Implications for Aspiring Latina Leaders
| 10/28/2025 | Latina presidents continue to find themselves as trailblazers—a role that presents both challenges and opportunities. This brief offers an intimate look into their journeys, the weight of expectations, and the moments of joy that remind them why they stay. |
Topic(s): Leadership Pipeline; Diversity and Inclusion; Gender Equity
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Type: Issue Brief
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 Leadership in Times of Crisis
| 10/9/2025 | Higher education has faced times of crisis in the past and is now facing complex challenges that will last for many years. Learn to lead through legal uncertainty, center students, and position your institution for financial and demographic shifts to prepare for hard times. |
Topic(s): Crisis Management
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Type: Issue Brief
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