ACE President Ted Mitchell: Student Success is Higher Education’s Bread and Butter
How can higher education better demonstrate its value to a seemingly skeptical public? ACE President Ted Mitchell says the answer starts with what colleges and universities have been working on all along: helping students succeed.
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Devorah Lieberman
Devorah Lieberman is a senior advisor with the President’s Office at the American Council on Education and president emerita of the University of La Verne.
Hollie M. Chessman
Hollie M. Chessman is director and principle program officer for the Education Futures Lab at the American Council on Education.