The Democratization of Data Insights: Challenges and Opportunities for the Postsecondary Survey Ecosystem
| 3/28/2025 | This memo explores evolving challenges and provides guiding questions to help the survey community better connect and integrate insights from across surveys and administrative data collections. |
Topic(s): Data-Enabled LEadership; Data; Student Outcomes
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Type: Memo
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 Pathways to Opportunity: Examining Students’ Academic and Economic Outcomes at HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs
| 3/24/2025 | This report used data from the MSI Data Project to explore student outcomes at HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs. The findings underscore the significant contributions of these institutions in expanding postsecondary access and improving student success. |
Topic(s): Student Outcomes; Campus Issues
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Type: Issue Brief
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 Understanding the Entering Class of 2024: Key Insights from the CIRP Freshman Survey 2024
| 2/25/2025 | The CIRP Freshman Survey 2024 captures the perspectives and experiences of today’s incoming freshman class before they officially begin college. This report highlights key insights and underscores the increasing diversity of the freshman class. |
Topic(s): Student Outcomes; Campus Issues
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Type: Issue Brief
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 The National Landscape of Credit for Prior Learning: Effective State and System Policies for Success and Equity
| 12/17/2024 | This report shares findings from ACE and CAEL’s 50-state inventory of credit for prior learning (CPL) policies, analyzes key trends across policy themes, and discusses several important considerations for state or system CPL policy design. |
Topic(s): Credit for Prior Learning
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Type: Issue Brief
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ACE Media Advertisement Opportunities
| 12/2/2024 | ACE Media Advertisement Opportunities provides information about advertising in Higher Education & National Affairs, a weekly ACE newsletter, as well as on dotEDU, ACE’s podcast. |
Topic(s): Advancement
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 Building the Research Enterprise for Learner Success: An ACE-Huron Collaborative Initiative
| 11/7/2024 | ACE and Huron are developing practical and innovative solutions for the challenges faced by educational institutions, break down challenges, and cultivating an industry-shared perspective to guide institutions and leaders toward their unique objectives. |
Topic(s): Educational Opportunity; Innovation; Student Outcomes
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Type: White Paper
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 Understanding College and University Endowments
| 10/23/2024 | Brief answers to questions frequently asked by students, faculty, alumni, journalists, public officials, and others regarding the purpose, history, and functionality of endowments. (Updated October 2024) |
Topic(s): Taxation and Finance; Endowments; Tax Reform
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Type: White Paper
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Summary of Understanding College and University Endowments
| 10/23/2024 | An overview of ACE's Understanding College and University Endowments paper, which answers commonly asked questions regarding the purpose, history, and functionality of endowments. |
Topic(s): Taxation and Finance; Endowments; Tax Reform
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Type: Infographic
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 Having a New Kind of Conversation in a New Way
| 10/17/2024 | This is the second of two essays that explore the community-driven responsive process and outline what such a responsiveness would look like in the face of artificial intelligence and other major challenges. |
Topic(s): Science and Technology; Innovation
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Type: White Paper
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 HIgher Education After Artificial Intelligence: An Invitation to a New Kind of Conversation About the Future
| 10/10/2024 | This is the first of two essays that explore the community-driven responsive process and outline what such a responsiveness would look like in the face of artificial intelligence and other major challenges. |
Topic(s): Science and Technology; Innovation
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Type: White Paper
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