Seize the Moment: Higher Ed Must Improve, Innovate, and Inspire

In a call to action drawn from his remarks at ACE’s recent annual meeting, Ted Mitchell argues that higher education must respond to political attacks not with retreat, but with improvement, innovation, and inspiration.

March 3, 2026

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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.

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Hollie M. Chessman
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