General Education
The Role of the Trustee in Ensuring Student Success
ACTA vice president of policy Michael Poliakoff’s remarks at the 2011 Indiana Trustees Academy panel discussion.
Speeches & Testimony
Trustees | Costs
Trustees as Partners in Fiscal Stewardship
August 1, 2010 by Anne D. Neal Download PDF
ACTA president Anne D. Neal’s presentation before trustees of Indiana’s public universities on how trustees must find ways to use resources more effectively.
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Evaluating Accreditation’s Role in Ensuring Quality
ACTA launches the second in its series of podcasts for trustees, “Higher Ed Now,” providing practical tools for governing boards to promote academic excellence and accountability at their institutions. This second episode features ACTA President Anne D. Neal testifying before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions at their hearing on higher education […]
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That's Why College Costs So Much
Your article on the vertiginous increase of salaries for university presidents (“Most College Presidents’ Pay Climbing,” U.S. News, Nov. 17) repeats the old refrain of college officials that generous compensation packages are necessary to attract and retain qualified leaders. This argument rests on the false assumption that there is only a very limited pool of […]
ACTA in the NewsCosts
3 ways to lower crazy high college costs
Much like the health care industry, information about the actual costs of higher education is woefully inadequate, says Stuart Butler, a senior fellow in economic studies at The Brookings Institution. After centuries of little change, the basic “sage on a stage” business model of higher education is beginning to undergo a radical transformation. Buffeted by high […]
ACTA in the NewsCosts
Four tough things universities should do to rein in costs
Universities in the United States are the best in the world, but the cost of attending them is rising faster than the cost of almost anything else. Professors blame administrative bloat, administrators blame a decline in state funding, politicians blame unproductive faculties who’ve become too set in their ways. Yet while students are paying more, they are […]
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