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Florida Atlantic, UC Merced Earn Award for Institutional Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The award for institutional transformation was established in 2014. It recognizes institutions that responded to higher education challenges in innovative and creative ways and achieved dramatic changes in a relatively brief period. “As As the first U.S.

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Athletics and Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Through its Armory Foundation, it motivates youth from around the city by offering competitive track and field along with educational programming and co-curricular activities. Educational programming Armory College Prep helps student-athletes attain a college degree at no cost to participants.

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Learning at the Edge with Louis Soares

Kay Peterson

Prior to ACE, Soares served as the Director of the Postsecondary Education Program and fellow at the Center for American Progress (CAP), a premier Washington, DC-based think tank and also as Director of Business and Workforce Development under Rhode Island Governor Donald L.

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Higher-education opportunities for students with disabilities are growing in Nashville

University Business

In 2010, Vanderbilt became the first university in the state and among the first in the country to create a higher-education program for students with intellectual or developmental disabilities with Next Steps.

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Design and Dance: After 10 Years of Partnership with ODS, Creative Opportunities Still Abound

Clark Nesxen

This spring, Clark Nexsen celebrated 10 years of partnership with the Gifted Dance Education Program at the Old Donation School (ODS) in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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Ethics and Title IX

Higher Ed Connects: Ethics

Title IX , a statute passed as part of the Education Amendments of 1972, is only 37 words long: . “No No person in the United States shall, on the basis of , be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.” .

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Improving Higher Education Governance: The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 3

The Change Leader, Inc.

A 2014 report, Governance for a New Era: A Blueprint for Higher Education Trustees , distributed by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, offers some recommendations to improve higher ed governance. This also includes ensuring disciplinary diversity and protecting the integrity of the hiring process.