Education

Hosts Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer are joined by Emmanual Guillory, ACE’s newest government relations staffer, to discuss the ongoing saga of the Education Department’s gainful employment rules.

ACE and 32 other higher education groups sent a letter May 25 to the House and Senate agriculture committees urging lawmakers to streamline SNAP eligibility requirements to make these benefits more accessible for students.

While this is uncharted territory, a default would likely create a great deal of chaos, uncertainty, and harm for institutions and students. ACE has prepared a brief memo exploring how a default might play out on campuses.

For students of color and other historically minoritized students, mentoring has been shown to be especially promising in encouraging their pursuit of graduate education, according to a new brief published by ACE.

Texas State President Kelly Damphousse explains how he plans to take Texas State University to the next level of research excellence and explores why new funding for higher education can help raise the bar for some colleges in his state.

The Department of Education has issued a response to comments received on the December 2022 Information Collection Request on Section 117 of the Higher Education Act, which mandates that institutions report foreign gifts or contracts worth over $250,000.

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.

ACE and 19 other higher education associations are supporting the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act, which would repeal the taxability of Pell Grants and help hundreds of thousands of low-income Pell Grant recipients access the American Opportunity Tax Credit.

With the deadline to raise the federal debt ceiling fast approaching, Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer explain why the outcome matters to higher ed, including how it will impact budget proposals over the next few months.

The Public Policy Pop-Up is now dotEDU Live. Listen to this question and answer session on the state of the federal higher education agenda, including President Biden’s budget request, third-party servicers guidance, and more.

College Signing Day 2023 is underway, featuring events that began in late April and continue this month as high schools, higher education institutions and communities nationwide celebrate students committed to pursuing an education past high school.

Recorded live at ACE2023, this is the first of two episodes unpacking results from ACE’s new report, The American College President: 2023 Edition.

A range of sessions at ACE2023, ACE’s Annual Meeting held in April, explored the initiative to reimagine the Carnegie Classifications that the Council has embarked on in partnership with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

As higher education institutions wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to release its decision on two race in admissions cases, ACE is sharing a transcript of the session held at ACE2023 that was aimed at helping campus leaders prepare for the cases’ outcome.

The meeting featured a diverse group of speakers and sessions, including a virtual appearance by Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona as well as Freeman A. Hrabowski III, Laura Helmuth, Lawrence Bacow, Clint Smith, and many others.

Named in honor of Reginald Wilson, senior scholar emeritus at ACE and founding director of ACE’s Office of Minority Concerns, the award is presented annually to an individual who has demonstrated sustained commitment to diversity in higher education.

ACE is proud to announce that Texas Woman’s University and Allan Hancock College in California, are the recipients of the 2023 ACE/Fidelity Investments Award for Institutional Transformation.

The Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award is bestowed annually to acknowledge the substantial role of mentors in the success of ACE Fellows Program participants. Wilcox, a former Fellow himself, has mentored four Fellows.

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.

Statement from ACE and its counterparts from Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK, and New Zealand outlining the organizations' plans to cooperatively promote safe and secure internationalization.

​More than 1,000 higher education leaders will gather in Washington, DC from Thursday, April 13 through Saturday, April 15 for ACE2023, ACE's Annual Meeting.

Welch Suggs joins the podcast to look at the state of the NIL landscape for student athletes and how it’s affecting college sports in general.

On behalf of more than 80 other higher education organizations, ACE sent comments March 29 to the Department of Education about the guidance on third-party servicers that ED released in February.

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.

As leading higher education organizations, we support the efforts of our colleges and universities to provide a high-quality educational experience to all who attend.

Lawrence S. Bacow, the outgoing president of Harvard University, will be recognized with the American Council on Education’s (ACE) Lifetime Achievement Award during ACE2023, the Council’s Annual Meeting set for April 13-15 in Washington, DC.

ACE and a number of other higher education groups submitted comments to ED in support of the the proposal to rescind a provision of the 2020 rule on student religious organizations—and recommend scrapping the rest of the regulation as well.

Both recipients, driven by a desire to help people overcome challenges, are working toward or have completed a bachelor of arts degree in psychology and are planning to pursue graduate degrees.

Hosts Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer are joined by their Government Relations colleague Steven Bloom to talk about the troubling trend of elected officials intruding on academic freedom and restricting instruction on divisive concepts.

​The deadline to apply for Hillel International's 2023-24 Campus Climate Initiative (CCI) Cohort is May 19, with a rolling selection process.