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A Korean War veteran from a working-class background who tapped the GI Bill to launch his academic career, Wright has helped begin a privately funded program in coordination with the American Council on Education to offer college counseling to veterans and help them find financial aid to supplement the GI Bill. Efforts by Wright, other academic institutions, and individual philanthropists, such as billionaire financier Jerome Kohlberg, who last year announced a $4 million scholarship fund for... (Boston Globe)
Editorial: Colleges must accept any candidate Feb 6, 2008
The American Council on Education says that as long as a college or university would give any candidate the equal opportunity to speak, it may welcome whomever it chooses. Despite the protests that crowded the sidewalks of both the Moore and Gallagher events in 2004, staying informed has to extend past partisanship and matters of opinion. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Vets often denied academic credits for military experience, special skills Feb 5, 2008
The American Council on Education, the chief coordinating body for higher education institutions, acts as a kind of accrediting agency for the armed forces ... Surveys by the American Council on Education found that 14 percent of colleges and universities do not award any military credit, and 30 percent do not award credit for occupational experiences, just for coursework ... Donald Morrison, 28, an Army reservist from Brookline who worked in logistics during a 2004 tour in Iraq, said... (Boston Globe)
Dartmouth President Wright to leave next year Feb 5, 2008
Wright conceived and helped raise funds for an American Council on Education program to provide college counseling to veterans in military hospitals. He also has worked to extend the GI bill and will continue that work with Sen. (Concord Monitor)
C&J department recommended for reaccreditation Jan 31, 2008
A team from the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications recommended the program be accredited after a three-day review that began Monday, Communications and Journalism chairman John Oetzel said. "They found us in full compliance with every standard and are recommending us for accreditation," he said. (The Daily Lobo, NM)
An open letter to the University of Colorado Board of Regents Jan 30, 2008
Thank you kindly for voting to implement the ACE (American Council on Education) Statement on Academic Rights and Responsibilities. This action, combined with the legislation proposed by Dave Schultheis (R- Colorado Springs, SB 45) will reign in a new era for higher education in Colorado. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)
Obituaries for Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 Jan 29, 2008
During his tenure on the St. Olaf faculty, he received a grant from the American Council on Education to further his administrative experience at San Fernando Valley State College in Northridge, Calif. Dr. Rose served as President of Valley City State College in Valley City, N.D., from 1970 through 1974. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
SU alum named first female president of education program Jan 28, 2008
Molly Broad, an alumna of Syracuse University, was recently named president of the American Council on Education (ACE), the first woman to hold the position. Broad "is policy-oriented, persistent and nice" said Kenneth "Buzz" Shaw, chancellor emeritus at SU. "Everyone is proud of Molly, but not surprised.". (Daily Orange, NY)
For LSU's Lombardi, the tables have turned Jan 27, 2008
The American Council on Education estimates that an additional 1. 5 million students each year would qualify for financial aid if they applied. (Boston Globe)
Senators press colleges for more details Jan 25, 2008
Colleges are likely to view the request as "an unwelcome surprise," says Becky Timmons, assistant vice president for government relations at the American Council on Education, a higher education umbrella group in Washington. Timmons said the association has been has been sending "endless amounts of information" to the Senate committee for six months. (USA Today -- News)
MPAA: Big mistake on downloading study Jan 24, 2008
Terry Hartle, vice president of the American Council on Education, which represents higher education in Washington, said the mistakes showed the entertainment industry has unfairly targeted college campuses. "Illegal peer-to-peer file-sharing is a society-wide problem. Some of it occurs at colleges and universities but it is a small portion of the total," he said, adding colleges will continue to take the problem seriously, but more regulation isn't necessary. (USA Today -- Tech)
MPAA revises figures on how much college students cost movie business Jan 23, 2008
Terry Hartle, vice president of the American Council on Education, which represents higher education in Washington, said the mistakes showed the entertainment industry has unfairly targeted college campuses. Illegal peer-to-peer file-sharing is a society-wide problem. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Grassley wants college endowments used to help pay tuition Jan 22, 2008
Colleges already are using endowments to help pay college costs for low-income students and reduce the amount of college debt, said the American Council on Education, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, Association of American Universities and National Association of State Universities and Land-grant Colleges. Grinnell College is already increasing financial aid to students and reduce and eliminate loans, said President Russell Osgood. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Financial aid Jan 22, 2008
For most families, "If a child is accepted at Harvard and Berkeley, it's now less expensive to send that child to Harvard," says Terry Hartle, senior vice president for the American Council on Education. But to qualify for these generous financial aid packages or any financial aid you must fill out a FAFSA. The form is used to determine eligibility not only for federal aid but for state aid and for scholarships and grants from private schools. (USA Today -- Money)
Veteran wants more ex-military people in college Jan 20, 2008
He's working with a program of the American Council on Education that reaches out to recent veterans to try to get them into college ... As of last month, the American Council on Education had helped nearly 200 military personnel seriously injured in Iraq or Afghanistan and their families get into institutions of higher education. (Concord Monitor)
Beware Of Online Diplomas, Council Says Jan 17, 2008
-- Some general education diplomas may not be worth the paper their written on, according to a consumer warning from the American Council on Education. The department is warning people not to trust online companies that promise to deliver a GED over the Internet because many produce fake diplomas. (Click2Houston, TX)
Get help applying for college aid Jan 12, 2008
However, the American Council on Education estimates that there are more than 1. 5 million undergraduates annually who do not file a FAFSA form that would, in fact, qualify for financial aid. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Final multiple scores increase for Sailors with degrees Jan 10, 2008
Sailors using the roadmap will first verify their existing academic transcripts contained in their Electronic Training Jacket on NKO. This information is compiled from the individual's Sailor/Marine American Council on Education Registry Transcript. Once this information has been verified, Sailors can consult with their local Navy College Officer or the Navy College Center to develop their specific education plan. (The Dolphin, CT)
WVU exec forms panel to probe his own actions Jan 3, 2008
"I would go out of state for a majority of the panel," said Sheldon Steinbach, a higher education law specialist and retired general counsel with the Washington, D.C.-based American Council on Education. "You want someone with national standing and perspective who has no relationship to the individuals or the state of West Virginia.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
County posts attract ‘stacks’ of resumés Dec 29, 2007 NASFAA Names Dr. Philip R. Day as New CEO and President Dec 21, 2007 Winners of the Eighth Annual John McLendon Memorial Minority Postgraduate Scholarship Awards Announced Dec 17, 2007 College coaching turnover has unsettling effect on schools Dec 14, 2007 Yale University Joins Harvard in Easing Student Costs, Colleges May Follow Dec 12, 2007 S.F. State is latest school to start naming buildings for donors Dec 11, 2007 Workplace tensions rise as dads seek family time Dec 11, 2007 Top-tier colleges ease cost burden Dec 11, 2007 Provost named Dec 7, 2007 At Washington's Shakespeare Theater, donor a personal corner Dec 4, 2007 Colleges are in cahoots with credit card companies on campus Nov 30, 2007 Colleges in for a hard lesson on taming tuition, lawmakers hope Nov 20, 2007 Northeastern president tops pay list Nov 13, 2007 Talk, no resolution, in AU's run-in with Turks: Branch campus allows women to wear head scarves, contrary to Turkish law Nov 13, 2007 Registration open for 'virtual college fair' Nov 13, 2007 Wanblee Veterans Day event to honor highly decorated Army officer Nov 11, 2007 Nigeria: Govt Launches New School Curriculum Nov 9, 2007 'Sacco and Vanzetti': the case that never dies Nov 8, 2007 'Unprecedented' business school gift comes with 'no names' attached Nov 6, 2007 What some schools are doing Nov 5, 2007 Former St. Mary College president joins Hall of Fame Nov 4, 2007 Ceramics club vies for adequate facilities Nov 2, 2007 GED graduation November 7 Oct 31, 2007 Graduating into debt Oct 25, 2007 College prices, student borrowing up Oct 24, 2007 CCAC president search down to two Oct 23, 2007 College costs in U.S. outpace inflation rate Oct 23, 2007 Apraku outlines his vision for Ghana Oct 19, 2007 Colleges net good returns Oct 15, 2007 In Stamford, universities court area minority students Oct 14, 2007 Conference To Examine New Jersey as Microcosm of 'America's Perfect Storm' Oct 13, 2007 Groups Challenge Credit Card Marketing At Colleges Oct 13, 2007 U of L's public health school receives accreditation Oct 10, 2007 Tufts offer of loan aidsteers grads to nonprofits Oct 9, 2007 Helping Injured Soldiers Go To School Oct 9, 2007 UMass student takes his C to federal court Oct 4, 2007 Senator Hillary Wants to Give You $5,000! Oct 4, 2007 • UConn President Gets A Hand Oct 1, 2007 Colleges add racial sensitivity tocurriculum Sep 30, 2007 Former students helping to guide others to college Sep 10, 2007 $20.2b boost in student aid approved Sep 8, 2007 House of Representatives Passes the Patent Reform Act of 2007, Votes to Bring Balance to Our Nation's Patent System Sep 8, 2007 Antoinette Iadarola, Ph.D., President of Cabrini College, to Retire Sep 8, 2007 Low vitamin D during pregnancy linked to pre-eclampsia Sep 8, 2007 Student loan report critical of Citizens Bank Sep 5, 2007 Two new aides join Knapp's team Sep 4, 2007 College gender gap - 'girls rule and boys drool' Sep 3, 2007 In the wilderness: Colleges' live mascots flush with tradition Aug 31, 2007 Friends finds young athletic director Aug 31, 2007 College Helper Aug 26, 2007 State audit finds fraud at N.C. A&T Aug 25, 2007 Alcohol-saturated 'fun' on campus can be lethal Aug 22, 2007 Studio offers art experience for beginners, experts Aug 20, 2007 Tales of the campus underground Aug 19, 2007 Nigeria: 50 Schools to be Equipped in Delta Aug 1, 2007 Rise in student debt is driving action on the Hill Jul 26, 2007 Senate bill streamlines student loans Jul 25, 2007 Achievements for July 8, 2007 Jul 10, 2007 UMass heads vow open search Jul 7, 2007 NU dismissing faculty without advanced degrees Jul 6, 2007 University For Deaf Put On Probation Jul 1, 2007 Study shows county benefited $17 million from arts, culture Jun 28, 2007 Type 1 diabetes and heart disease -- Heavier may mean healthier Jun 24, 2007 YMCA and KnowHow2GO Announce Radio PSA Contest Winners Jun 23, 2007 State vote would raise pensions Jun 15, 2007
For example, there will now be a Department of Arts and Recreation rather than a separate Department of Parks and Recreation and a Council on Education and Culture. The deputy director of historic facilities, deputy director of arts and culture, and deputy director of parks and recreation would report to the director of the Department of Arts and Recreation. (Scranton Times, PA)
Veterans' plans aren't easy to gauge Dec 27, 2007
Under a program created this year by the American Council on Education, a non-profit group, volunteers are working with veterans at three military hospitals. Of 156 service members who have received counseling, 49 have sought admission and been accepted into a study program this fall. (USA Today)
"Philip Day is the best person to do this. I look forward to working with him to continue the effectiveness of NASFAA during this most important time in our history." Day has been a member of the board of directors for the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and for the American Council on Education (ACE). While on the Board of AACC, he was the founding Chair of the Commission on Workforce and Economic Development. (PR Newswire)
The John McLendon Memorial Minority Blue Ribbon Committee responsible for selecting the five individual for the McLendon Scholarship include Wayne Embry, senior basketball advisor to the president, Toronto Raptors; Greg Gumbel, CBS Sports; Curt Hamakawa, assistant professor of sport management, Western New England College; Mike Haynes, vice president of player and employee development, National Football League; Jim Kahler, executive director, Center for Sports Administration, Ohio University;... (Nacda.com)
"The stakes have become so high that decisions that might have been relatively easy 10 or 20 years ago have become more difficult and problematic," says Stanley Ikenberry, former president of the University of Illinois and former head of the American Council on Education. "Michigan the stakes for them are incredible.". (USA Today -- Sports)
Other schools, responding to competition for the best students, will follow suit, said Terry Hartle, senior vice president at the Washington-based American Council on Education. Elite selective institutions are in fierce competition with each other for everything,'' Hartle said in a telephone interview yesterday. (Bloomberg -- US)
"This is (relatively) new in the public sector," said Claire Van Ummersen, a vice president at the American Council on Education in Washington, D.C., an umbrella group representing thousands of colleges and universities. "At one time there was an unwritten rule that construction at public colleges and universities would be covered by the state," she said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
9 million students enrolled in U.S. colleges, according to a 2007 report from the American Council on Education in Washington, D.C.. That's a dramatic shift from 1965, when men made up 61% of college enrollments, and the gender gap on campuses is continuing to widen in favor of women. (USA Today -- Jobs)
Extending relief to upper-middle-income families is "a tremendous step," says Terry Hartle of the American Council on Education, a non-profit umbrella group for colleges and universities. "Essentially they've covered 95% of all American families.". (USA Today)
He was the Kellogg-NAFEO MIS Leadership Fellow from 2003-2004 in the Office of the President at Alabama State University and also studied in Salzburg, Austria in Fall 1999 as part of the Salzburg Seminar, "Globalization in Higher Education." He was an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow in Spring 1999, serving in the Office of the President at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and was an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow in Fall 1998, serving in the Office of the President... (Macomb Journal, IL)
"It is an unprecedented act of selfless philanthropy," Terry Hartle, senior vice president for the American Council on Education, told The Associated Press. "I hope it is the start of a trend." Hear hear, Mr. Hartle. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
PIRG has been joined in this campaign by the American Council on Education, the National Association of College and University Business Officers, and the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. Consumer and higher education groups have become increasingly concerned that college students, many of whom do not have a job or steady income, are getting credit cards without fully understanding the credit terms. (Boston Globe)
Cutting off financial aid to schools that raise tuition beyond a certain level would limit students' choices, contends Terry Hartle, vice president for the American Council on Education. And many lawmakers in both parties are leery of any proposal that would impose price controls on college tuition. (USA Today -- Money)
"It looks like a bonanza, but it's something that has been negotiated and earned over the years," said Sheldon Steinbach, a higher-education lawyer and former general counsel for the American Council on Education. "It's not a parting gift.". (Boston Globe)
The American Council on Education attempted to answer that question with its May 2007 publication, Venturing Abroad: Delivering U.S. Degrees Through Overseas Branch Campuses and Programs. Among the reasons given in the publication were pursuing and diversifying revenue, enhancing prestige or keeping up with competitors, advancing internationalization and advancing a service mission. (Hornell Evening Tribune, NY)
Tim McDonough of the American Council on Education, which represents college presidents, says such virtual events could offer a huge boost to colleges with small recruiting budgets and to students in rural areas. "If you live in a place like Zanesville (Ohio), it may be pretty difficult for you to get to a college fair in Cincinnati or Cleveland," he says. (USA Today -- Tech)
He also received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Council on Education and the President's Award from the Community College System. Others to be honored at the fourth annual Veterans Day Celebration in Wanblee include Oglala Sioux Tribe President John Yellow Bird Steele, Rosebud Sioux Tribe President Rodney Bordeaux, Mount Rushmore National Memorial Superintendent Gerard Baker and Badlands National Park Superintendent Paige Baker. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
The National Council on Education (NCE) has already approved the curriculum and plans are in high gear to produce the curriculum in mass for immediate use in schools ... He said, "we would start from primary one and gradually phase out the old primary school curriculum, we also start with JSS 1 and phase out that of the junior secondary school."The curriculum has two component, the primary and junior secondary curriculum, that was the initial plans by the council on education last year , but now... (allAfrica.com)
Terry Hartle is vice president of government relations for the American Council on Education. Get Monitor stories by e-mail. (Christian Science Monitor)
"It is an unprecedented act of selfless philanthropy. I don't know of another case where anything remotely like this has taken place and I hope it is the start of a trend," said Terry Hartle, senior vice president for the American Council on Education. "It's the most interesting development in philanthropy I've seen in the last year.". (Daily Iowan, IA)
That offers lots of flexibility for adults, who represent about 39% of all undergraduates today, according to the American Council on Education. About a third of NAU's students enrolled off the main Flagstaff campus are adults, and their average age is the early 30s. (USA Today)
Early in her term of office, she was called to leadership roles in such organizations as the Association of American Colleges, the North Central Association of Colleges and schools, the American Council on Education and the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. In addition to starting the University's program for adult students which now represents 50 percent of the student population and instructional program for prison inmates, Sister Mary Janet started an exchange... (Kansas City Kansan, KS)
5 exhibited his works at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts. What do these students have in common. (Middlebury College -- The Campus, VT)
Coosa Valley Technical College is an official General Educational Development Testing Center under contract with the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education and the American Council on Education. Classifieds. (Rockmart Journal, GA)
Until recently, the bulk of student loans to undergraduates were federally administered at rates set by Congress such as those administered by student lender SLM Corp. But loans issued by private lenders are the fastest-growing segment of the market, according to the American Council on Education ... "These loans are marketed as being less labor-intensive to get," said Jacqueline King, director of the American Council on Education's Center for Policy Analysis. (Los Angeles Times)
David Ward, president of the American Council on Education, an advocacy group, said in a statement that increases in college tuition have been relatively stable for five years running 2 to 3 percentage points above inflation. But he is still "concerned about the overall financial health of higher education," including a "quiet cost-shifting" from state support to tuition. (USA Today -- News)
Johnson, who earned a doctorate in curriculum instruction, early education and special education from Penn State University, has served as president of the Metropolitan Campus of Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland and vice chancellor for academic affairs, executive assistant to the chancellor and an American Council on Education fellow at Winston-Salem State University, N.C.. Related Industry News. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
"We hope that state governments which really set tuition prices at most public colleges and universities will do their part to reinvest in higher education," David Ward, president of the American Council on Education, said in a statement released by the College Board. Private loans, those not guaranteed by the U.S. government, continued to be the fastest-growing form of borrowing, totaling more than $17 billion in the 2006-7 academic year. (International Herald Tribune)
A special presidential Advisory Council on Education and Training will be established to help guide policies and strategies relating to education and industrial training. Access to pre-school education will be expanded with the provision of more pre-school classes, particularly in rural areas. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
We dont think as a general matter the federal government ought to be telling private philanthropic organizations, that have been around in some cases since before the federal government, how to spend their money, said Terry Hartle, senior vice president of the American Council on Education, the main group representing colleges and universities in Washington. Still, Hartle acknowledges colleges will have to take seriously the complaints about colleges costs with which constituents are... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
A report released by the American Council on Education last October said minority enrollment in colleges and university rose by 50. 7 percent from 1993 to 2003 to make up 27. (Stamford Advocate)
SUMMIT, N.J., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2007 9:30 a.m.: HYATT REGENCY, NEW BRUNSWICK Who: Terry W. Hartle, Senior VP for Government and Public Affairs, American Council on Education Kurt M. Landgraf, President and CEO Educational Testing Service Jane Oates, Executive Director, NJ Commission on Higher Education and Senior Policy Advisor to Gov. Jon Corzine John B. Wilson, President, Independent College Fund of New Jersey College Presidents and hundreds of... (PR Newswire)
The Boston-based citizen advocacy group is partnering with the American Council on Education, the National Association of College and University Business Officers and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. The groups say that credit card companies sponsor promotions and giveaways that trick students into signing up for credit cards, and then charge them unreasonably high fees. (Mediapost.com)
The 's School of Public Health and Information Sciences has been awarded accreditation by the Council on Education for Public Health ... The Council on Education for Public Health is an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools of public health. (Louisville Business First, KY)
"Tufts is breaking new ground," said Terry W. Hartle, senior vice president of the American Council on Education in Washington, D.C., a nonprofit association. "It's a welcome effort, particularly that an elite expensive college is doing this and encouraging it.". (Boston Globe)
They were able to get there with help from the American Council on Education-- or A.C.E.-- and Dartmouth's president James Wright. "Our country will be better off if they have an education and can continue to contribute," Wright said. (WCAX.com, VT)
Ada Meloy - general counsel for the American Council on Education, which represents more than 1,600 college and university presidents - said such suits are rare and almost never successful. Generally, the complaints reflect an unrealistic fear that a single grade can torpedo academic or professional goals, she said. (Boston Globe)
In a survey released by the American Council on Education in 1998, most Americans overestimated the cost of tuition ... In a survey released by the American Council on Education in 1998, most Americans overestimated the cost of tuition. (Townhall.com)
Nonetheless, transition firms are becoming more common in higher education, particularly at large universities, said Claire Van Ummersen, vice president of the Center for Effective Leadership at the American Council on Education. "It's an enormous burden lifted from the shoulders of the president," Van Ummersen said. (FOX61, CT)
from the American Council on Education. Robert Moore, associate professor and chairman of the sociology department at Frostburg (Md. (Boston Globe)
The American Council on Education has estimated 1. 5 million students who would probably have been awarded Pell Grants in 2003-2004 did not apply for them. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Shelley Steinbach, the former general counsel of the American Council on Education, rejected the comparison drawn by many Democrats yesterday to the 1944 GI Bill, which is credited with opening the doors of universities to millions of veterans after World War II.. "Increasing the Pell Grant from four-thousand something to five-thousand something by the year 2012 will not have a really significant impact, given the likelihood of inflationary costs in everything that goes into providing higher... (Boston Globe)
Most recently, the five university, higher education, and medical college associations engaged on patent reform -- the Association of American Universities, the American Council on Education, the National Association of State Universities and Land- Grant Colleges, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and the Council on Governmental Relations -- expressed their "support for bringing H.R. 1908, the Patent Reform Act of 2007, before the House for its consideration." Congress began... (PR Newswire)
"Her leadership, vision, dedication and commitment have propelled us forward in ways the founders of the College could only have dreamed. Along the way, Toni raised more than $100 million for capital improvements and to grow the College's endowment." Her tenure is more than double the national average for private-college presidents, according to the American Council on Education. The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus founded Cabrini College in 1957. (PR Newswire)
Founded in 1948 and fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, GSPH is world-renowned for contributions that have influenced public health practices and medical care for millions of people. For more information about GSPH, visit the GSPH Web site at. (EurekAlert!)
"Scrutiny of relationships between lenders and colleges has intensified this year as revelations that officials at the University of Texas-Austin, Johns Hopkins University, University of Southern California, and Columbia University received kickbacks from lenders - concert tickets, stocks, or compensation for consulting - in exchange for preferential treatment.In response, the US Department of Education recently issued new rules, and Congress is moving to pass laws that would prohibit financial... (Boston Globe)
Previously the special assistant to the vice president for Advancement at GW, she has also worked on student aid issues with the American Council on Education. Before that, she worked as a press secretary and legislative assistant to Sen. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
According to an American Council on Education gender equity study conducted in 2006, the gender gap in higher education is widening among certain student populations, but is most striking among white and Hispanic traditional age undergraduates, Women outnumber men by almost two-to-one among the 40 percent of undergraduates who are age 25 or older. However, despite continued growth in the percentage of female undergraduates, the number of bachelor's degrees awarded to men is on the rise, as it is... (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Deference to the mascot "borders on obsession" at some schools, says Sheldon Steinbach, general counsel for the American Council on Education, a Washington-based group that represents colleges and universities. At Texas A&M University in College Station, for example, devotion to the mascot a collie named Reveille is so strong that it extends to the grave. (USA Today -- Sports)
He added that Wilford was first noticed because he learned about the job opening through the Friends Council on Education Web site, and had no ties to Baltimore's oldest private school. Regardless, Micciche said, Wilford was a standout during -- and after -- his interview. (Baltimore Messenger, MD)
"We are ready to work with the administration. The planned increase in the Pell Grants is "the single largest investment in college education since the GI Bill," Miller said in a statement posted on his Web site. Supporters of bigger Pell Grants complain the federal program has not kept pace with inflation. For example, in 1979 the maximum Pell Grant covered 99 percent of the average price of tuition, fees and room and board at a public two-year institution. Today the maximum grant covers 62... (New York Post -- Business)
Renick, who stepped down last year, is now a senior vice president at the American Council on Education in Washington. He could not be reached for comment Friday. (News & Observer)
"Young people often come to college with ongoing alcohol habits," says Tim McDonough of the American Council on Education, which represents college officials. Colleges "are trying to educate and enforce and break habits already in place. These issues are tough, but college institutions have been working on them for a long time.". (USA Today)
"I've also attended NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) conferences," Dorcey said. "I'm also a member of the Contemporary Ceramic Studio Association." She is currently working on getting her K-12 art education degree from the University of South Dakota. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Ada Meloy, general counsel for the American Council on Education, said bouts of school violence such as the Virginia Tech shootings "have made colleges and universities once again focus on how vulnerable the buildings and campus are to a person seeking to create havoc.". Even without the threat of terrorism, campus officials call the passageways an "attractive nuisance," an intriguing part of the campus landscape that is a liability to schools if not locked and monitored. (Los Angeles Times)
She said the National Council on Education (NCE) with inputs from JCCC, had continued to formulate policies that would boost educational development. Makoju said that the meeting would address the issue of sexual harassment and other vices plaguing educational institutions in Nigeria. (allAfrica.com)
The actions in the Senate "were a rare example of bipartisanship in an increasingly divided Congress," says Terry Hartle, vice president for government and public affairs at the American Council on Education, which supported the final version of the bill. The bipartisan support was a far cry from the highly controversial debates over the HEA that have taken place over the last four years. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Sign up to receive our free Daily Briefing e-newsletter and get the top news of the day in your inbox. Get breaking news in your inbox as it happens. (USA Today -- Money)
Jeannie M. Bush, RDH, RE, CPE, has been appointed and accepted the position of Director of the Council on Education for the American Electrology Association. Her role will be to develop educational standards for electrology schools. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Madeleine Green -- a vice president at the American Council on Education, a national higher education association, said searches for college presidents and chancellors typically take at least nine months. She predicted that many educators will view the UMass-Amherst post as attractive. (Boston Globe -- Local)
"The better faculty you have, the better faculty you can attract," said Sheldon Steinbach , a higher education lawyer and former vice president at the American Council on Education. John Saltmarsh, director of the New England Resource Center for Higher Education at UMass-Boston, said Northeastern faculty without advanced degrees are finding themselves increasingly out of step with the school's research focus. (Boston Globe -- Local)
"No school wants to go on probation," said Terry Hartle, of the American Council on Education. "But they will deal with it very quickly, I suspect.". (CBS News -- US)
The arts really do enhance the local economy as well as the residents of the county, said Regina M. Peters, executive director of the county s Council on Education re. Mrs. Peters, county Commissioners Robert C. Cordaro and A.J. Munchak, and other officials who support the arts unveiled the county s portion of the study at a news conference Wednesday. (Scranton Times, PA)
Founded in 1948 and fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, GSPH is world-renowned for contributions that have influenced public health practices and medical care for millions of people. One of the top-ranked schools of public health in the United States, GSPH was the first fully-accredited school of public health in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with alumni who are among the leaders in their fields of public health. (EurekAlert!)
A panel of judges from the American Council on Education, Lumina Foundation, the Ad Council and YMCA of the USA evaluated the entries and determined first-, second- and third-place teams ... It is sponsored by Lumina Foundation for Education, American Council on Education and the Ad Council. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Last year, the American Council on Education surveyed 2,148 public and private college presidents nationwide and found that 20 percent received housing allowances and 28 percent lived in university-provided residences. April Simpson can be reached at. (Boston Globe)
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