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The search for the right college can be overwhelming. Unfortunately, most rankings don’t tell you what matters most: what students are learning. This resource does tell you, by grading colleges and universities on their core requirements in seven areas of knowledge.
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ACTA’s one-of-a-kind higher education financial analysis tool, HowCollegesSpendMoney.com, makes it possible for institutions to evaluate their spending patterns and benchmark themselves against their peers.
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Gabriella Hsu

Senior Program Manager for Curricular Improvement

Gabriella Hsu is the Senior Program Manager for Curricular Improvement. She manages What Will They Learn? ®, ACTA’s flagship assessment of the general education programs of over 1,100 colleges and universities, and oversees the digital and web-based aspects of the program. In addition, Gabriella conducts rapid-response research for stakeholders regarding trends in higher education and curricular improvement. Prior to joining ACTA, Gabriella was a facilitator and researcher for an independent start-up focused on fostering community through educational and professional workshops and literature. Always interested in the intersection of liberal arts education and robust dialogue and debate, Gabriella is an alumna of the Shaftesbury program as well as the John Jay Fellows Program. She earned her BA at Thomas Aquinas College.