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ACE at 100: Supporting College Access and Diversity

Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:32:27 +0000

As ACE celebrates its centennial in 2018, this is one in a series of posts that looks at how ACE initiatives have left an impression on the higher education landscape and impacted peoples’ lives. Achieving equitable access to college for communities of color has been a critical goal for higher education since the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 ...

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ACE at 100: Supporting the Dreams of Severely Injured Military Veterans

Wed, 07 Nov 2018 14:33:01 +0000

As ACE celebrates its centennial in 2018, this is one in a series of posts that looks at how ACE initiatives have left an impression on the higher education landscape and impacted peoples’ lives. Because of advanced equipment and improved field hospitals, the numbers of wounded and disabled veterans returning from military service versus those dying in combat are unprecedented. While ...

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ACE at 100: Increasing Access Through the American College Application Campaign

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 09:00:28 +0000

As ACE celebrates its centennial in 2018, this is one in a series of posts that looks at how ACE initiatives have left an impression on the higher education landscape and impacted peoples’ lives. In November 2005, Jordan-Matthews High School in Siler City, North Carolina, hosted an event called College Application Day, with the goal of having every senior complete ...

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ACE at 100: Higher Education for Development

Wed, 01 Aug 2018 16:06:33 +0000

As ACE celebrates its centennial in 2018, this is one in a series of posts that will look at how ACE initiatives have left an impression on the higher education landscape and impacted peoples’ lives. In 1992, ACE, along with five sponsoring associations, entered into a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. State ...

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ACE at 100: Advocating for Women in Higher Education

Mon, 04 Jun 2018 14:39:23 +0000

As ACE celebrates its centennial in 2018, this is one in a series of posts that look at how ACE initiatives have left an impression on the higher education landscape and impacted peoples’ lives. Throughout its history, ACE has worked to support the inclusion of women in all aspects of higher education. From advocating women’s right to work in the 1920s ...

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ACE at 100: Serving Those Who Serve Through the GI Bill

Wed, 09 May 2018 14:18:04 +0000

As ACE celebrates its centennial in 2018, this is one in a series of posts that look at how ACE initiatives have left an impression on the higher education landscape and impacted peoples’ lives. ACE was founded in 1918 with the primary goal of coordinating the resources of higher education to meet the nation’s immediate needs during World War I, including ...

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ACE at 100: Commemoration Through Art

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:27:53 +0000

By Alyssa Huntley In 1993, ACE approached Jacob Lawrence to use his work, University, to commemorate our 75th anniversary. To continue this tradition of recognizing historic milestones through art, ACE commissioned a sculpture last year in honor of our 100th anniversary, from artist Therman Statom. Statom works primarily in glass out of his studio in Omaha, Nebraska, and has deep roots ...

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ACE at 100: The GED® as a Critical and Evolving Tool for College and Career Success

Wed, 07 Feb 2018 16:13:08 +0000

By Jon Riskind As ACE prepares to celebrate its centennial in 2018, this is one in an occasional series of posts that look at how ACE initiatives have left an impression on the higher education landscape and impacted peoples’ lives. When she was just a junior in high school, a serious car accident prevented Janna Hasko-Dunagan of Tucson, AZ from gaining ...

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ACE at 100: Lifting Nontraditional Learners to Postsecondary Success

Fri, 26 May 2017 16:39:15 +0000

By Jon Riskind As ACE prepares to celebrate its centennial in 2018, this is the first in an occasional series of posts that will look at how ACE initiatives have left an impression on the higher education landscape and impacted peoples’ lives. Pictured above: 2014 Student of the Year Jeffrey Gearhart with ACE President Molly Corbett Broad. Tara Turley, a single ...

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