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As Cuts to Department of Veterans Affairs Loom, Our Commitment to Veterans Education Faces a Critical Test
As the VA moves to eliminate more than 80,000 jobs, ACE’s Lindsey Tepe and Michele Soires warn that veterans’ access to education benefits could be at serious risk.
Mobility Isn’t a Choice: How Higher Education Can Better Serve Military Learners
Military learners don’t get to choose when or where they move—but they still show up in college classrooms ready to succeed. Abby Kinch and Michele Spires explore how institutions can support their path forward.
Supporting Student Wellbeing in Uncertain Times
Colleges are facing a volatile mix of policy shifts, polarization, and fiscal pressure, and student wellbeing is on the line. The Action Network for Equitable Wellbeing shares three proven strategies to help campuses move from guesswork to insight through real-time data, empathy interviews, and regular check-ins.
Renewing the Social Contract for Higher Education
With public confidence in colleges at a crossroads, Ted Mitchell and Timothy Knowles call for a new social contract centered on student success—and offer the Carnegie-ACE classification as a path forward.
No, Endowments Are Not the Answer to Federal Attacks on Higher Ed
Misunderstanding how endowments work puts scholarships, research, and students’ futures at risk—and distracts from the real threat facing higher education today.
