Talk:American College of Education

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Is this just me, or does this read entirely like an advertisement written by the admissions office?

NPOV

This is definitely not NPOV. Bill Heller (talk) 05:05, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

It would be constructive to have more third-party sources and perhaps info on actual graduation & graduate certification rates. Kevina0440 (talk) 19:05, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

It is. This is straight copy from the ACE.edu website, and erroneous at that. Barat College was closed in 2005, and it's assets(library materials, accreditation, etc) sold off to ACE. It is disingenuous to claim close to 200 centuries of history when all you did was buy the material. Moreover, as a condition of the sale of Barat's material, they were specifically not allowed to use the name, to which they have no affiliation. (this information is based upon archival material available from the Society of the Sacred Heart, and Martha Curry's upcoming history of Barat College). Peramica (talk) 01:39, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Proposed Changes and Updates to Page

My name is Christine and I'm on the marketing team at American College of Education. I'd like to request some updates and edits to the content on our Wikipedia page. Some are just copy edits, but some are more substantial. The more substantial changes involve adding new developments at the college, and adding/rearranging the organization of content on the page so that it better matches the format of Wikipedia pages of similar educational institutions.

Requested edits:

• In the infobox: Add a section at the top for "motto" and fill it in with Here to Get You There. Add a section for "administrative staff" and put 164 as the number. Delete the separate sections for "undergraduates" and "postgraduates." Update the "student" number to 6,866. Update the "academic staff" section to 263. Add a section for "campus" and indicate that it is online. The word "online" can then be linked to the Wikipedia page for distance education.

• UPDATED: In the second paragraph of the page's introduction, it currently reads like truncated history of the college. Because there is an entire History section later on the page, it feels redundant. I'd like to swap out the content in that section so that it truly reads like a introduction, with more general information about the institution. I propose changing it to the following:

American College of Education (ACE) is a private for-profit online college based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The college offers micro-credentials, certificates, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree levels in education, business, healthcare, and nursing. American College of Education is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission^[source], and also holds accreditations from CCNE and CAEP.

American College of Education is a certified B Corporation meeting the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability. American College of Education is a subsidiary of ACE Holdco PBC of Dallas, Texas.^[source]

• Similar to other educational institutions' pages, I would like deepen the structure of our page organization by adding a few sections and subsections. Here is what I propose the new structure should be, as it would read in the table of contents box:

1 History
2 Governance
3 Academics
3.1 Accreditation
3.2 Departments
4 Student outcomes
5 Rankings and recognition
6 Social responsibility
7 Partnerships
8 References
9 External links

• With this new restructuring, it follows that some of the existing information on the page would need to be moved around to different sections. As such, I'd like to edit the second paragraph (first paragraph should remain the same) under the History section to read as follows:

In August 2015, The Higher Learning Commission awarded American College of Education its 10-year re-accreditation^[source], securing the college’s accreditation through 2025. In 2018, the college formally expanded into nursing. In 2020, the college announced two additional accreditations – from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation for its Professional Education Programs^[source] and from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education for its nursing programs.^[source]

• Under the new Governance section, here is the proposed text:

Dr. Shawntel Landry currently serves as president of American College of Education. ACE is governed by its board of trustees, which includes former Secretary of Education Rod Paige, Deborah Jewell-Sherman of Harvard University, Don McAdams, Deborah Nugent, Jeri Nowakowski, Bill Barke, and Tom Evans.

• With the new subsections within the Academics section, here's how we'd like to reorganize and update the content:

American College of Education offers master’s degrees,^[source] doctoral and specialist degree programs, and bachelor’s degree completion programs. The college also offers several certificates^[source] and micro-credentials.^[source]

Accreditation
American College of Education is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).^[source]

The Professional Education Programs (M.Ed. in Educational Leadership, M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, M.Ed. in English as a Second Language and Bilingual Education, M.Ed. in Educational Technology) are accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).^[source]

The RN to MSN, RN to BSN, and BSN to MSN programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).^[source]

Departments
• Department of Business, which offers programs in educational business, administration, and entrepreneurship as well as data analytics and diversity and inclusion
• Department of Healthcare, which offers programs in public health education, health and wellness education, healthcare management, and telehealth
• Department of Nursing, which offers programs in nurse education, simulation, and leadership
• Department of Leadership and Administration, which offers programs that focus on leadership for higher education, teachers, and education
• Department of Professional Educational Studies, which offers programs in advanced studies, educational technology, STEM, instructional design, and virtual instruction
• Department of Teaching and Learning, which offers programs in curriculum and instruction, second language instruction, early childhood education, special education, and teaching English learners

• In the new section of Student outcomes, we propose the following text:

According to a 2019 survey^[source] given to American College of Education students by ACE’s Office of Institutional Analytics, 100% of bachelor’s degree students were satisfied with their experience at ACE. Additionally, 91% of master’s degree students were satisfied and 79% of doctoral and educational specialist degree students were satisfied.

In a survey^[source] given to American College of Education graduates that same year, 93% of graduates believed their program effectively prepared them for the responsibilities of their job. 97% felt their professional skills were stronger because of their participation in their program. 94% were satisfied with their learning experience in their program.

From January 2019 to January 2020, ACE reported a retention rate of 86% for bachelor’s degree students, 87% for master’s degree students, 81% for educational specialist degree students, and 84% for doctoral students.^[source]

In 2019, ACE reported an 80% overall graduation rate for their master’s degree programs.^[source] In a 2018 biennial employer survey given by ACE’s Office of Institutional Analytics, 88% of employers felt their ACE graduate’s job performance was excellent or above average.^[source]

• In the new Rankings and recognition section, we would shift here some of the content that currently exists in the History section. We'd also update that content:

In 2017, American College of Education was awarded the Best Places to Work distinction by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce^[source] for its dynamic work environment and progressive workplace policies. They received the award again in 2018^[source], 2019^[source], 2020^[source], and 2021^[source].

In 2017 and 2018, American College of Education received the When Work Works Award from the Society for Human Resource Management for exceptional employee satisfaction.^[source]

In 2019, American College of Education’s M.Ed. in Educational Technology earned International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Recognition for Higher Education.^[source] That same year, ACE’s master’s of education program was named the best for working professionals by Nitro^[source] and its M.A. in Secondary Teaching was ranked ninth by OnlineMasters.com.^[source] In 2021, Intelligent.com ranked ACE's Master's in Educational Leadership 28th on their list of 50 Best Master's in Educational Leadership programs^[source] and the Master's in Secondary Teaching 36th on their list of 50 Best Master's in Secondary Education.^[source]

• In the new Social responsibility section, we'd move the B Corporation information from where it currently resides within History and update it:

In September 2016, American College of Education received its Certified B Corporation distinction from B Lab, making it the first company in the state of Indiana to achieve the designation.^[source] In October 2019, ACE recertified its B Corporation status.

American College of Education maintains partnerships with nonprofits including the Kids in Need Foundation, Teachers’ Treasures, Kappa Delta Pi, and similar organizations.

• In the new Partnerships section, we'd further move here some of the existing information within the History section and update it:

In March 2016, American College of Education announced a partnership^[source] with the National Institute for STEM Education (NISE) and Accelerate Learning. Educators who earn the National Certificate for STEM Teaching from NISE can transfer their certificate coursework to American College of Education to complete an M.Ed. in STEM Leadership.

In April 2018, American College of Education announced a transfer agreement with Ivy Tech Community College, allowing Ivy Tech students who earn associate of science or associate of applied science degrees in the School of Health Sciences to transfer to American College of Education to complete a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration.^[source]

ACE also maintains tuition-reduction partnerships with more than 1,800 school districts nationwide and more than 150 healthcare partners.^[source] I understand that these are pretty extensive changes. Again, we're requesting these changes so that our page can match the depth and detail of other similar educational institutions' Wikipedia pages. If you'd like to talk through any of these proposed updates further or have questions, feel free to reach out to me!

Thank you very much! ChristineWDickson (talk) 16:09, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

References

@ChristineWDickson: It would be very helpful if you could reformat this so it doesn't just describe what you'd like done but also includes the specific text formatted as you think it should be formatted. In other words, it would be more helpful for you to write the specific text that you'd like inserted e.g., don't write "source: <url>" but actually format the source, don't write "link to <Wikipedia article" but create the link. We're all volunteers here so if you're asking for us to do a lot of work then it's less likely that we'll volunteer to do it or at least we'll put it off for a while. ElKevbo (talk) 16:53, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

@ElKevbo: That's very valid and valuable feedback. Thank you! I've made those changes and I've also added in line break formatting in some places to make the content more readable. If there's anything else I can do to make things clearer or easier, don't hesitate to let me know! ChristineWDickson (talk) 19:38, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

 Done FULBERT (talk) 22:31, 19 February 2022 (UTC)