Higher Education Associations A through M

American Association for Higher Education
http://www.aahe.org/
Individual membership organization of faculty, administrators, students, and policymakers which addresses the challenges faced by higher education.

The American Association for Women in Community Colleges
http://www.hartnell.cc.ca.us/aawcc/
AAWCC is guided in all of its endeavors by a firm commitment to equity and excellence in education and employment for women in community, junior and technical colleges. That commitment is translated into action at the national, regional, state and local levels through AAWCC programs, activities and services developed and offered in accordance with specific principles.

American Association of Community Colleges
http://www.aacc.nche.edu/
Primary advocacy organization for the nation's community colleges.

American Association of University Professors
http://www.aaup.org/
AAUP defends academic freedom and tenure, advocates collegial governance, and develops policies ensuring due process.

American College Personnel Association
http://www.acpa.nche.edu/
The American College Personnel Association (ACPA) is an organization for Student Affairs Professionals. Their official web page includes links to professional development opportunities.

American Council of Learned Societies
http://www.acls.org
The American Council of Learned Societies is a private non-profit federation of sixty-six national scholarly organizations. The mission of the ACLS, as set forth in its Constitution, is "the advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences and the maintenance and strengthening of relations among the national societies devoted to such studies."

American Council on Education
http://www.acenet.edu/
Coordinating association of US higher education institutions.

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
http://www.actfl.org/
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages is the only national organization dedicated to the improvement and expansion of the teaching and learning of all languages at all levels of instruction. ACTFL is an individual membership organization of more than 7,000 foreign language educators and administrators from elementary through graduate education, as well as government and industry.

American Educational Research Association
http://www.aera.net
The American Educational Research Association is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results. AERA is the most prominent international professional organization with the primary goal of advancing educational research and its practical application. Its 20,000 members are educators; administrators; directors of research, testing or evaluation in federal, state and local agencies; counselors; evaluators; graduate students; and behavioral scientists. The broad range of disciplines represented by the membership includes education, psychology, statistics, sociology, history, economics, philosophy, anthropology, and political science.

The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)
http://www.aihec.org/
The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) is a unique-and uniquely American Indian-organization. It was founded in 1972 by the presidents of the nation's first six Tribal Colleges, as an informal collaboration among member colleges. Today, AIHEC has grown to represent 34 colleges in the United States and one Canadian institution. Unlike most professional associations, it is governed jointly by each member institution. AIHEC's mission is to support the work of these colleges and the national movement for tribal self-determination. Its mission statement, adopted in 1973, identifies four objectives: maintain commonly held standards of quality in American Indian education; support the development of new tribally controlled colleges; promote and assist in the development of legislation to support American Indian higher education; and encourage greater participation by American Indians in the development of higher education policy.

The American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC)
http://www.amatyc.org/index.html
The American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) is the only organization exclusively devoted to providing a national forum for the improvement of the instruction of the mathematics in the first two years of college.

American Technical Education Association
http://www.ndscs.nodak.edu/atea/
ATEA is an international organization dedicated to excellence in the quality of postsecondary technical education, with emphasis on professional development. Determine, promote, publish, demonstrate and provide leadership supporting the current and future trends applicable to an effective learning environment for postsecondary technical education and its industrial training counterpart. Foster partnerships/linkages with business and industry.

The Association for Career and Technical Education: ACTE
http://www.acteonline.org/
The Association for Career and Technical Education is the largest national education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for careers.

Association for Educational Communications and Technology: AECT
http://www.aect.org/default.asp
The mission of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology is to provide leadership in educational communications and technology by linking professionals holding a common interest in the use of educational technology and its application to the learning process.

Association for Institutional Research
http://www.airweb.org
The Association for Institutional Research (AIR) is a professional association of more than 3,100 institutional researchers, planners, and decision-makers from higher education institutions around the world. AIR exists to benefit its members and help advance research that will improve the understanding, planning, and operation of higher education institutions.

Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education : AACE
http://www.aace.org/
An international, educational and professional not-for profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the knowledge, theory, and quality of learning and teaching at all levels with information technology. This purpose of AACE is accomplished through the encouragement of scholarly inquiry related to information technology in education and the dissemination of research results and their applications.

Association for the Study of Higher Education
http://www.ashe.missouri.edu
ASHE is a scholarly society with about 1,300 members dedicated to higher education as a field of study. The Association promotes collaboration among its members and others engaged in the study of higher education through research, conferences, and publications, including its highly regarded journal, The Review of Higher Education. ASHE values rigorous scholarly approaches to the study of higher education and practical applications of systemic inquiry. It is committed to diversity in its programs and membership, and has enjoyed extraordinary success in involving graduate students in Association activities.

The Association of American Colleges and Universities
http:/www.aacuedu.org/about/index.cfm
The Association of American Colleges and Universities is the leading national association devoted to advancing and strengthening undergraduate liberal education. Founded in 1915 by presidents of liberal arts colleges, AAC&U now represents the entire spectrum of American colleges and universities: large and small, public and private, two-year and four-year.

Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers
http://www.appa.org/
APPA serves and assists facilities officers and physical plant administrators in colleges, universities, and other educational institutions throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and other countries worldwide.

The Association on Higher Education and Disability: AHEAD
http://www.ahead.org/
The Association on Higher Education and Disability works for full participation in higher education for persons with disabilities. provides resources, publications, member benefits, conferences, workshops.

Associated New American Colleges
http://anac.vir.org
(ANAC) - A national consortium of mid-sized independent, comprehensive colleges and universities (Masters I and II) affiliated with The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

Business Higher Education Forum
http://www.acenet.edu/programs/bhef/
The Business-Higher Education Forum, a partnership of the American Council on Education and the National Alliance of Business, is a membership organization of chief executives from American businesses, colleges and universities, and museums. The goals of the group are to increase communication among the sectors, to analyze issues of mutual concern, and to deliberate on courses of action that will effect change on these topics.

Center for Academic Integrity
http://www.academicintegrity.org/
Providing a forum to identify, affirm, and promote the values of academic integrity among students.

Center for Learning Connections: The Association http://www.learningconnections.org/Association/assoc.htm
The ASSOCIATION is the professional organization for community and technical college administration in Washington State. The Center for Learning Connections http://www.learningconnections.org/ serves as The Association's executive office and manages the organization's conferences and other activities. The CLC is part of Highline Community College.

The Community College Humanities Association
http://www.ccha-assoc.org/
National organization that exclusively serves to strengthen the humanities in the nation's community colleges.

Community College Journalism Association
http://www.ccjaonline.org/
Professional organization for community college journalism teachers.

Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC) http://www2.conahec.org:7501/conahec/index.jsp
Tri-national consortium advancing collaboration, cooperation and community-building among higher education institutions in North America.

Council for Adult and Experiential Learning
http://www.cael.org/
The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) is a national leader in the fields of adult learning and workforce development. Since its founding in 1974, under the auspices of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton, New Jersey, CAEL has been providing colleges and universities, companies, labor organizations and state and local governments with the tools and strategies they need for creating practical, effective lifelong learning solutions.

EDUCAUSE
http://www.educause.edu/
The mission of EDUCAUSE is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.

Higher Education Processes Network: HEPROC
http://www.heproc.org
An international network of 2200+ faculty and administrators. Institutional development and culture, administration, faculty development, assessment, teaching and learning, and other topics are covered in a number of email forums.

International Consortium for Educational Development in Higher Education: ICED
http://iced.cte.utexas.edu:8001/
The International Consortium for Educational Developers (ICED) was formed in Oxford, England in 1993, with the aim of linking national educational development networks and sharing practice in higher education across national boundaries.

League for Innovation in the Community College
http://www.league.org/welcome.htm
The League is an international organization dedicated to catalyzing the community college movement. We host conferences and institutes, develop Web resources, conduct research, produce publications, provide services, and lead projects and initiatives with our member colleges, corporate partners, and other agencies in our continuing efforts to make a positive difference for students and communities.