Based on their work with the University of Michigan’s Rackham Graduate School Task Force on Graduate Student Mental Health, Sara Abelson, Meghan Duffy, and Janelle Goodwill identify eight ways that university mental health task forces can center equity in their work.
Author: Laurie Arnston
What We Know About Enrollment Changes in the Time of COVID-19
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center has launched a series called Stay Informed, which examines how enrollment has shifted as a result of COVID-19 and compares enrollment data for May through July 2020 with enrollment data from the last two years.
One in Five Students Experienced Food Insecurity During COVID-19
The Student Experience in the Research University Consortium surveyed college students enrolled in large public research universities on their experiences with food insecurity from May through mid-July 2020. Read the results in a new report.
A Reckoning on Race for Higher Education: Next Steps and Legal Considerations for Campuses
ACE is pleased to be a cooperating association for a mini-workshop on legal issues related to race in higher education sponsored by the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), “A Reckoning on Race for Higher Education: Next Steps and Legal Considerations for Campuses,” scheduled for Sept. 16.
Small Colleges Are Essential for U.S. Economic, Social Recovery
Keeping small colleges and universities functioning through the pandemic matters. Mary B. Marcy, president of Dominican University of California, writes about the steps we can take to ensure these institutions also can thrive after the pandemic is over.
Looking Through a New Lens
The pandemic has brought with it a lens that allows for better vision of what is vital to student success. AACC President Walter Bumphus writes that that lens is a gift, and now is the perfect time to use it to rethink, redevelop, and re-explore how we provide education.
Love Can Save Higher Education From Itself
What does it mean to build a college on love? Russell Lowery-Hart, president of Amarillo College, explains.
HSI Cares Act Funding Lower Than Non-HSIs
A new report from Excelencia in Education highlights how CARES Act implementation may have adversely impacted Latino college students and their institutions.
The Impact of Covid-19 on Student Assessment
A new report from the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment details how student assessment changed at colleges and universities during the spring semester due to COVID-19.
Meeting Student Success Goals During a Crisis
Rebecca Karoff, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at The University of Texas System (UT), and Susan Cates, CEO of ACUE, joined ACE’s Sherri Hughes for a conversation on how the UT System is making meaningful progress on student success goals in a volatile and stressful time for students, faculty, and institutions.
Demands on Long-Range and Short-Term Planning: A Balancing Act
More planning, more institutional collaboration, and more flexibility means less angst for chief academic officers, write retired CAOs Gayle R. Davis and Margaret E. Winters.
Four Misconceptions About International Students in the U.S.
Policies and practices that make international students and scholars feel unwelcome are just part of the problem for this population during stressful times. Another is the myths such policies that reinforce a generally unwelcoming climate in this country, write Haelim Chun and Jung Hyun Choi.