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ACTA Urges Senate HELP to Query Ed Sec Nominee Linda McMahon on Plans for Higher Education
Washington, DC—The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) yesterday sent a letter […]
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Strengthening HBCU Governance
November 1, 2006 by Phyllis Palmiero Download PDF
ACTA policy director Phyllis Palmiero speaks at the Historically Black Colleges and Universities conference “Looking Beyond the Challenges, Finding Solutions,” sponsored by Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, MS.
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UM board determined to restore order to campus
The American college campus can return to sanity. It won’t be easy, but Ann Arbor is showing how this can happen.
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Higher education across the nation is under scrutiny. Publicly funded colleges and universities are particularly vulnerable, as they represent a massive investment by state taxpayers. Many concerned Americans question the return on this investment, and public confidence in higher education has fallen every year since 2015. The diversity of institutions means that no single policy […]
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Black Colleges Best the Ivies in the Ranking of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni
In most college ratings guides, Harvard, Yale, and the other Ivies are typically at the top of the list. But in a new report card from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, the best colleges in the United States are Texas A&M University, the University of Arkansas, Baylor University, and Brooklyn College and Hunter […]
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How Historically Black Colleges And Universities Set A Better Example
A leading higher education trade journal, Inside Higher Ed, recently profiled Claflin University, one of eight historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in South Carolina. Under the leadership of former president Henry Tisdale from 1994 to 2018, Claflin successfully doubled enrollment, while increasing retainment and graduation rates. Inside Higher Ed observed that writing about Claflin’s […]
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College trustees feel unprepared
College and university trustees often don’t see eye to eye, and one reason may be that many members of college governing boards feel ill-prepared for the job, says a report being published this week by The Chronicle of Higher Education. Four in 10 trustees surveyed described themselves as “slightly” or “not at all” prepared, and […]
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