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46-426: BUA's student body is drawn from 55 communities: 52% come from public schools, 39% from independent schools, 7% from parochial schools and 2% are from home-school or international schools; 57% are students of color and 47% of students come from multilingual households (representing 26 languages). BUA provides need-based tuition assistance to approximately 31% of the students as of the 2019–2020 academic year. The academy

92-599: A Woman's Life and Learning in 1960. Both challenged the traditional notion that a liberal arts or home economics track was sufficient for women pursuing a postsecondary degree. In 1962, ACE formed the Committee on Equality of Educational Opportunity in the wake of issues that were raised during the integration of the University of Mississippi. Two years later, ACE established the Office of Urban Affairs, which evolved into

138-499: A baccalaureate degree. Following the stock market crash in 1929, the 1930s saw decreased education options and labor markets. While the number of high school-age students increased by 2 million between 1930 and 1940, young people had fewer opportunities than ever before. In 1935, ACE organized the American Youth Commission to address the plight of millions of school-age adolescents. In 1938, ACE began studying

184-751: A four-year degree. ACE initiated the College Is Possible campaign in 1998 to bring awareness to the variety of scholarships, low-interest loans, and grants available to students of all academic and financial backgrounds. In an effort led by Dartmouth College's (NH) president James Wright, ACE assisted Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) in drafting the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 , which expanded higher education benefits to veterans of 9/11 military service and their immediate families. ACE also assisted Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaii in drafting

230-458: A group of concerned individuals requested a meeting with NEASC's reviewers during an accreditation visit to Maloney High School ( Meriden, Connecticut ), claiming that the school made changes during the NEASC visit in order to give the reviewers an artificially impressive view of the school, and that they wanted an opportunity to tell NEASC about the school as they saw it. NEASC declined to meet with

276-407: A reviewer's fee to be accredited by NEASC, which may cost tens of thousands of dollars, in addition to yearly NEASC membership dues in the thousands of dollars. NEASC's website does not disclose its fees for domestic institutions, but it estimates that for international schools, as of 2023, "a hypothetical school of 500 students with no delays in the process" would be charged approximately $ 18,980 over

322-497: A set of standards for member institutions, it treated those standards as advisory. When government regulators began basing eligibility for federal and state-provided financial aid on university accreditation (a practice that continues today ), Congress and the Department of Education (DOE) began scrutinizing the accreditation agencies more closely. In the late 2010s, DOE began planning to strengthen existing rules protecting

368-891: A survey of college admission practices titled On Getting Into College , which found widespread admission discrimination against black, Jewish, and Catholic students. With the onset of the Cold War and the Korean War in 1951, ACE convened the Conference on Women in the Defense Decade. ACE then established the Commission on the Education of Women (CEW) to research and clarify issues related to women's higher education. Operating from 1953 to 1962, CEW issued two publications: How Fare American Women? in 1955 and The Span of

414-745: A three-year campaign about the importance of higher education in society, ACE worked with the Ad Council and the Lumina Foundation to create 2007's KnowHow2GO, a program designed to help low-income, first-generation middle school students prepare for college. In 2011, ACE launched the American College Application Campaign, a national initiative conducted state by state to assist low-income, first-generation high school seniors to complete and submit at least one college application. That same year, ACE helped convene

460-644: Is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and is a member of both the Secondary School Admission Test Board and the Association of Independent Schools of New England . Boston University Academy was proposed and founded in 1993 by Peter Schweich , then the vice president of Boston University, and authorized by John Silber , then the president of Boston University. Peter Schweich

506-544: Is an American educational organization that accredits private and public secondary schools (high schools and technical/career institutions), primarily in New England. It also accredits international secondary schools (primarily in the Middle East and Europe) and, less frequently, high schools in other U.S. states. Until 2018, NEASC was the primary accrediting organization for universities in New England. Since 2018,

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552-601: The General Educational Development (GED) test, a series of standardized exams used to measure a service member's proficiency in science, mathematics, social studies, reading, and writing among those who did not complete high school. That same year, ACE also developed the Military Evaluations Program to accurately award college credit for various military courses and training. The Council also helped draft and then lobbied for

598-795: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which provides international exchange opportunities for American scholars and administrators. In 1947, ACE, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching , and the College Entrance Examination Board formed the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to streamline the educational assessment process. In 1949, ACE released

644-683: The 1950s. According to one school's historian, the increasing popularity of college led to the foundation of many new prep schools, some of which were fraudulent. As a result, some reformers began pushing for closer government regulation of private schools. "To forestall governmental intervention, [NEASC] (and similar groups elsewhere) decided that it would hold periodic strict evaluations of its member institutions, and accredit them if they seemed to merit it." As of June 14, 2024, NEASC accredited 659 United States public schools, 532 United States private schools (including religious schools), and 339 international schools (including several international schools in

690-523: The Council created the Office of Minorities in Higher Education (OMHE) to help address the need for diversity in higher education. In 1982, ACE published the first of its annual status reports on minorities in higher education; five years later, the Council created the Commission on Minority Participation in Education and American Life. In 1986, ACE conducted a national study to determine who

736-786: The Council published the first official listing of accredited higher education institutions. In 1920, ACE established the Committee on the Training of Women for Professional Service to raise the status of working women to professional levels. The committee published its research of women in the workplace in T he Educational Record in 1922. In 1927, ACE became the first educational organization to promote standard measures of achievement and potential through psychological exams for high school students and college freshmen. The Council published American Universities and Colleges in 1928, which offered information to students, parents, advisors, and educators on all accredited colleges and universities that offered

782-674: The Emergency Council on Education in 1918 in Washington, DC. They soon changed the name to the American Council on Education and appointed Donald J. Cowling, the head of the Association of American Colleges and president of Carlton College (MN), to be the first president. After World War I ended on November 11, 1918, ACE redirected itself to more expansive peacetime roles. ACE President Samuel P. Capen reexamined

828-690: The National Commission on Higher Education Attainment to improve college student retention and degree completion. ACE has filed more than 200 amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs over the years. Among them are submissions in 2003 to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the University of Michigan in Grutter v. Bollinger , in 2013 and 2015 in the Court's two reviews of lower court rulings in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin , and in 2022 to

874-491: The National Identification Program for the Advancement of Women in Higher Education, known as ACE/NIP. Its objective was to identify talented women and enhance their visibility as leaders by holding national, state, and regional forums that addressed key leadership issues such as finance and ethics in education, the role of trustees, and importance of diversity to the educational mission. In 1981,

920-521: The Office of Minorities in Higher Education. In 1964, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson asked ACE to assist in crafting language and policy for a piece of legislation to expand federal aid to all qualified students seeking higher education, which became the Higher Education Act of 1965. The passage of Title IX in 1972 barring sex-based discrimination served as the impetus for ACE's creation of the Office of Women in Higher Education. The office

966-848: The Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010, which amended and improved the 2008 legislation, including benefits for some National Guard service members. With donations from private contributors, the Council began a seven-year effort in 2007 to provide academic support to more than 750 severely injured service members through a program called Severely Injured Military Veterans: Fulfilling Their Dreams (SIMV). SIMV provided support services to service members, veterans, and their family members during their recovery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. After implementing Solutions for Our Future ,

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1012-583: The Supreme Court regarding the Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard and SFFA v. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill cases. In 2013, ACE President Molly Corbett Broad, along with 15 other higher education leaders, was invited by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators to be a part of the Task Force on Federal Regulation of Higher Education. William E. Kirwan, then chancellor of

1058-507: The United Arab Emirates (46 schools), Spain (43 schools), Germany (18 schools), Qatar (16 schools), and Switzerland (15 schools). NEASC is made up of three commissions: the Commission on Independent Schools, the Commission on International Education, and the Commission on Public Schools. The commissions decide matters of accreditation in the context of research-driven standards reviewed by their membership. Schools must pay

1104-1035: The United States). The 659 public schools represent a decrease from the roughly 725 schools accredited by NEASC in October 2022. Of the 659 U.S. public schools, all but one were located in the New England states (272 in Massachusetts, 169 in Connecticut, 80 in New Hampshire, 72 in Maine, 41 in Rhode Island, and 24 in Vermont). Of the 532 U.S. private schools, 521 were located in New England (206 in Massachusetts, 143 in Connecticut, 47 in Rhode Island, 44 in Maine, 43 in New Hampshire, and 38 in Vermont). Internationally, NEASC's biggest markets are

1150-504: The Zook Commission, was the first time a U.S. president had asked for a national look at higher education, an area previously left to local and state governments. Also in 1946, ACE worked to support the creation and passage of Senator J. William Fulbright ’s scholarship program , intended to advance mutual understanding of U.S. democracy both at home and overseas. Later that year, at President Truman's urging, ACE helped establish

1196-411: The appointment of Dr. Ari Betof to replace Berkman effective July 1, 2015. In July 2018, Boston University announced the removal of Dr. Betof following an allegation of sexual misconduct involving a Boston University undergraduate student. Following his departure, Dr. Rosemary White was appointed interim head of school. Dr. White served as interim head of school until Christos J. Kolovos began his tenure in

1242-599: The colleges, NEASC's original standards for prep schools were advisory, and accreditation was synonymous with NEASC membership. Although not every major New England prep school was a NEASC member in 1929, several joined shortly after NEASC membership became linked with accreditation (e.g., Exeter in 1932 and Hotchkiss in 1933 ). Today, a private school must be accredited in order to join the National Association of Independent Schools . Formalized secondary school accreditation reviews were not popularized until

1288-616: The course of a five-year accreditation cycle. When South Hadley High School resigned from NEASC in 2024, its principal stated that its yearly membership dues were approximately $ 4,000 and that in 2014, its decennial accreditation review cost $ 26,000. In addition, in February 2023, a representative of the Vermont Principals' Association said that two school principals had told him that their annual dues were $ 3,600 and $ 4,340, respectively. School stakeholders who disagree with

1334-664: The effects of racism on black children in the United States and published a series of reports on equal opportunity in education, including Children of Bondage: The Personality Development of Negro Youth in the Urban South by Allison Davis and John Dollard (1940) and Growing Up in the Black Belt: Negro Youth in the Rural South by Charles Spurgeon Johnson (1941). In 1942, the Council spearheaded

1380-543: The former NEASC university accreditation body is now an independent organization, the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). NEASC retained its old name after the split, although the word "colleges" is now an anachronism. The New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools was founded in 1885 by a group of university administrators led by Harvard president Charles W. Eliot and Wellesley president Alice Freeman . The current name

1426-490: The group, explaining that the group needed to express its concerns through existing channels. In 2015, the Lowell Sun published an article in which several school districts questioned the value of NEASC accreditation after NEASC formally warned Billerica Memorial High School that it was in danger of losing its accreditation. The article noted that Burlington High School had suspended its NEASC membership, claiming that

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1472-645: The higher education community. Ted Mitchell became president of ACE on September 1, 2017. Prior to coming to ACE, Mitchell served as the U.S. Department of Education ’s undersecretary of education in the Obama administration from 2014 to January 2017. He also served as president of Occidental College (CA) from 1999 to 2005. ACE coordinates programs and activities in a number of areas related to higher education, including policy and advocacy, leadership, attainment and innovation, internationalization, and research. Representatives from 14 higher education associations formed

1518-418: The independence of accreditation agencies (34 CFR § 602.14). In 2018, anticipating the regulatory change, NEASC spun off its university accreditation arm into an independent body, which is now known as the New England Commission of Higher Education . When NEASC recognized universities in 1929, it also recognized several public and private secondary schools (mostly college-preparatory schools ). As with

1564-445: The issue to other organizations. The American Council of Education briefly accredited universities starting in 1921, but abandoned those efforts in 1935. Over time, responsibility for university accreditation fell to a set of regional self-regulators . NEASC and its successor officially trace back their accreditation efforts to 1929. However, in the early days, accreditation merely meant membership in NEASC; although NEASC approved

1610-663: The leaders of colleges and universities leaders were, what paths they had taken to the office, and what trends were impacting their role. ACE published the results the following year in the first edition of its American College President Study. ACE created the National Center for Academic Achievement and Transfer (NCAAT) in 1989, which identified factors affecting student transfers to four-year institutions. A series of NCAAT studies published through 1992 examined ways community college curriculums could improve content, structure, and portability to best facilitate students' pursuit of

1656-481: The leadership or direction of a particular school sometimes use NEASC accreditation as a pressure point to demand policy changes. In 2023, NEASC cancelled the Interdistrict School for Arts and Communication's ( New London, Connecticut ) application for accreditation after a teacher sued the school for creating a toxic work environment and the school declined to cooperate with an investigation. In 2024,

1702-547: The legislation's delayed implementation in 1977, ACE conducted a national survey of college freshmen who self-identified as disabled and then recommended accommodations and services to its member institutions. In 2000, ACE created the Higher Education and the Handicapped Resource Center (HEATH) to serve as the national clearinghouse of information regarding technical assistance in disability access. In 1977, ACE's Office of Women in Higher Education launched

1748-419: The missions, objectives, and processes of various institutions and helped spearhead a standardized, professional evaluation and accreditation system for institutions of higher learning in the United States. ACE assisted in drafting and adopting criteria that reflected the basic standards of a sound postsecondary education and developed peer evaluation procedures to ensure an institution's academic quality. In 1920,

1794-556: The passage of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, known as the GI Bill . In 1946, President Harry Truman asked ACE President George F. Zook to chair the 28-member Presidential Commission on Higher Education charged with reexamining the United States' system of colleges and universities “in terms of its objectives, methods, and facilities; and in the light of the social role it has to play.” The Truman Commission, often called

1840-824: The situation may be different for private schools, as those schools do not have "traditional local and state oversight" and are exempted from certain federal disclosure requirements. American Council on Education The American Council on Education ( ACE ) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) U.S. higher education association established in 1918. ACE's members are the leaders of approximately 1,600 accredited , degree-granting colleges and universities and higher education -related associations, organizations, and corporations. The organization, located in Washington, D.C. , conducts public policy advocacy, research, and other initiatives related to key higher education issues and offers leadership development programs to its members and others in

1886-555: The summer of 2020. When Boston University Academy was founded, it covered grades 9–12; an 8th grade of approximately 20 students was added in 1999. The 8th grade was dropped in 2005. On October 26, 2021, teacher Jennifer Formichelli was struck by a bus and killed. 42°21′04″N 71°06′35″W  /  42.3510°N 71.1098°W  / 42.3510; -71.1098 New England Association of Schools and Colleges The New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. ( NEASC / ˈ n iː æ s k / NEE -ask )

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1932-556: The universities its students attended did not take NEASC accreditation into account when evaluating college applications. However, the Sun also explained that at least one public university system (the University of California ) requires applicants to graduate from an accredited secondary institution. In a letter to the editor, NEASC added that following a parent outcry, Burlington High School had already applied for re-accreditation, which

1978-643: Was adopted in 1971. NEASC is headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts . The original impetus for educational accreditation was American universities' desire for recognition by the international academic community. Starting in 1912, several European universities, led by the University of Berlin , announced that they would only recognize American university degrees awarded by a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an industry group of leading research universities . The AAU recognized that European universities wanted some kind of formal credential, but left

2024-595: Was designed to help ACE's members interpret legislation, eliminate discriminatory practices, and increase women's participation at all levels of higher education—from students to professors to administrators. ACE helped define higher education's response to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 , which prohibited discrimination against individuals with disabilities. For secondary education, this included discrimination in recruitment, testing, admissions, and treatment after admissions. To foster results after

2070-484: Was granted following a formal review in 2017. In February 2023, Vermont Principals' Association executive director Jay Nichols submitted a two-page statement to the Vermont legislature, which argued that the legislature should not require public schools to seek NEASC accreditation. He opined that most Vermont public schools do not seek accreditation because of the high cost and large amount of paperwork. He suggested that

2116-399: Was its first headmaster, and served in that role until 1999, when he was succeeded by interim head of school Dr. Jennifer Bond Hickman. Dr. James Tracy replaced Hickman and served until the spring of 2006, when he was replaced by Dr. James Berkman. On August 21, 2014, Berkman announced that he would retire after the 2014–2015 academic year . On November 14, 2014, Provost Jean Morrison announced

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