Federal financial aid programs were created to open the doors to higher education. FAFSA delays affect those who can least afford to pay for college.

The Trump administration has rescinded its rule on international students studying online. Read ACE President Ted Mitchell's statement on this development, which is the best possible outcome for...

The new guidance from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raises more questions than it answers and unfortunately appears to do more harm than good.

Walter Bumphus, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), is the recipient of the 2020 Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award.

​ACE is proud to announce that Freeman A. Hrabowski III, the longtime University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) president and innovative national higher education leader, will serve as an ACE...

Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, spoke at ACE2018, ACE's 100th Annual Meeting, about why higher education matters. Hrabowski is the recipient of the 2018 ACE Lifet...

LeBlanc will begin his term will begin in March 2020 after ACE2020, ACE’s 102nd Annual Meeting, March 14-16, in San Diego.

I join more than 4,000 college and university presidents and other higher education leaders across the country in wishing President-elect Biden well as he prepares to embark on his term in January.

Readers discuss an Op-Ed questioning if college is a wise investment for low-income students.

The National Task Force on the Transfer and Award of Credit was convened by ACE in March 2020 with the aim of improving transfer and award of credit practices to spur student success and reduce the...

Doubling the maximum Pell Grant is something Congress can agree to on a bipartisan basis as a fast and effective way to bolster opportunity for millions of students.

Freeman Hrabowski, the longtime president of University of Maryland Baltimore County, is retiring at the end of the academic year. He is one of the longest-serving university presidents in the nation...

Campuses that promote minority students’ sense of belonging can lead to improved diversity among students pursuing STEM fields, according to a new brief published by ACE and the National Center for...

Jesse O’Connell, whose nearly two decades of extensive higher education strategy and experience with funders and philanthropy includes serving at Lumina Foundation, is joining ACE as chief advancem...

It is vital for higher education leaders to contact their members of Congress to request assistance.

The award is named in honor of the late Reginald Wilson and is presented annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions and demonstrated sustained commitment to diversity in higher...

Crutcher, who was selected today during a webinar with ACE members, will begin his term in March 2021. He will succeed Paul J. LeBlanc, president of Southern New Hampshire University, and will serve...

Learn about key findings from Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education: 2020 Supplement and hear scholars and philanthropy leaders discuss how to study and work to close racial equity gaps in higher...

A federal court has reaffirmed its earlier ruling in a lawsuit brought by Princeton University, one of its undergraduate students and Microsoft that the federal government’s decision to rescind...

Jonathan S. Fansmith, who has been leading ACE's advocacy efforts in areas such as congressional spending and reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, has been named ACE’s senior vice president...

Shaun Harper emphasizes the importance of discussing race in higher education. Learn more and read Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education: A Status Report at...

Molly Corbett Broad, who served as ACE president from 2008-2017, was a pathbreaking and innovative higher education leader whose work made a profound impact on thousands of students at the institut...

PEN America’s Nadine Farid Johnson joins the podcast to talk about the status of “educational gag orders” at the state level, or the legislative efforts to restrict K-12 and college teaching on...

A national survey administered to more than 2,000 currently enrolled college students finds that nearly one in five are uncertain about their plans for re-enrolling in the fall, or definitely are not...

Anderson will lead ACE’s Learning and Engagement Division, which promotes the development of high-quality, innovative practice through a blended learning and engagement model.

ACE announced today that Amarillo College and Dominican University of California are the recipients of the 2020 ACE/Fidelity Investments Award for Institutional Transformation.

ACE President says Education Department's release of the final Title IX rule during the COVID-19 pandemic is irrational and unrealistic.

In all of his work, James Kvaal has demonstrated a heartfelt commitment to ensuring that higher education is accessible to all individuals, and has worked well with the field to enable all students...