ACE Vice President Lorelle Espinosa moderated a panel during ACE2019 on “Ensuring the Success of Men of Color: Lessons from Two Statewide Consortia,” featuring panelists Juan Sánchez Muñoz, president of the University of Houston, Downtown; Victor Sáenz, department chair and associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin; and William Franklin, vice president of student affairs for California State University, Dominguez Hills.
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Faculty Survey Reveals Differences in Perspectives on Campus Climate by Race and Gender
The Higher Education Research Institute has collected data from over half a million faculty at more than 1,100 colleges over the past three decades. The 2016-17 HERI faculty teaching survey highlights differences in perception of campus climate among faculty members.
Georgia State University President Wins 2019 TIAA Institute Hesburgh Award
The TIAA Institute announced this week that Georgia State University President Mark Becker is the recipient of the 2019 Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence in Higher Education. The award recognizes a college or university president or chancellor who has demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities.
Transforming Professional Learning and Building a New Higher Education Community
ACE believes that the power to sustain and renew American higher education lies in the creativity, commitment, and expertise of the thousands of leaders that work every day to educate students on the nation’s college campuses. Philip Rogers and Louis Soares discuss the Council’s efforts to develop affordable, scalable, professional learning opportunities to make institutions and leaders more effective.
Black Student Representation at Public State Colleges and Universities
The Education Trust has published a new report that examines how well each state’s public colleges and universities are serving Black students.
How to Help Financially Vulnerable Students Succeed
The Institute for College Access & Success have published a new report that discusses the challenges faced by financially vulnerable students.
Cuyahoga Community College Brings Class on Wheels to Working Professionals
Cuyahoga Community College, also known as Tri-C, is increasing workers’ access to skills training throughout Northeast Ohio’s manufacturing sector by bringing a mobile classroom directly to the workplace.
NCES Releases Report Projecting Educational Statistics To 2027
A recent report from the National Center for Educational Statistics projects educational outcomes to 2027 for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education, including projections on enrollment, graduation, and other data.
Study Examines Racial Gaps in Persistence for STEM Programs
A recent study in the journal Educational Researcher finds that Black and Latino/a students who begin college as STEM majors are more likely than their White counterparts to switch majors or leave college, and that these racial disparities in student success are larger in STEM fields than in others.
Center for American Progress Brief Examines Pell Grant Data
A brief from the Center for American Progress highlights newly released U.S. Department of Education data demonstrating positive gains by and room for improvement in the federal Pell Grant Program.
New Website Explores College and Career Readiness State-by-State
Achieve, a national education nonprofit organization, has developed a website which helps educational stakeholders explore the gaps between high school and postsecondary education for each state.
How Delaying College Enrollment Affects Earnings
A new study by the Community College Research Center looked at the effect of delaying college enrollment, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997.