International student strategies must change, says ACE A new report from the American Council on Education (ACE) calls on United States college and university leaders to fundamentally rethink their approach to international students, arguing that “a gap between rhetoric and reality” not only raises concern about the quality of the international student experience but also misses an opportunity to nurture more meaningful global engagement on campus. Drawing on a wide swathe of research, the report notes numerous shortcomings associated with the education of international students and lays out an ambitious framework for change that centres on building “lifelong relationships between students and institutions from the first point of contact to their postgraduate careers”.