Higher Education at 250: Purpose, Trust, and Transformation
Join leaders and changemakers from higher education and beyond to explore how colleges and universities can rebuild public trust, strengthen their service to the public good, and equip students to navigate complexity and difference.
Award\
“Youth Voting Rights: Civil Rights, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, and the Fight for American Democracy on College Campuses,” edited by Jonathan Becker and Yael Bromberg, published by De Gruyter Brill, wins the 2026 Frederic W. Ness Book Award.
Workshop Series\
Learn how to systematically study AI's impact on student learning in this six-session online workshop from AAC&U and the American Psychological Association.
Workshop\
In this interactive, online workshop, you’ll learn a process for designing assignments that intentionally aligns what you want students to learn with how you teach and assess that learning.
Conference\
The AAC&U Conference on Global Learning brings together a diverse group of stakeholders to share practical tools, innovative models, and sustainable strategies for embedding global learning into institutional missions.
Webinar\
Explore how early international collaboration can strengthen belonging and engagement while helping students develop communication, teamwork, and other transferable skills.
Clinics\
Develop, strengthen, and expand virtual exchange and collaborative online international learning through focused clinics addressing course-level practice, institutional strategy, and more.
Institute\
This institute helps teams examine the factors shaping public trust, assess their institutional context, strengthen relationships with their communities, and develop a customized action plan to advance public trust.
Conference\
Higher education's toughest challenges can't be solved in isolation. At CLASS 2027, discover how collaboration across institutions, roles, and communities can strengthen learning and student success.
Ross Channing Reed, Missouri University of Science and Technology - Why the Greek Virtue of Sophrosyne Matters for Us Today
Although each campus has a unique mission and culture, institutions across higher education face similar challenges and emerging trends. AAC&U serves our members by providing programs and events, resources and research, and campus-based projects focused on their top priorities.
Become an AAC&U Member
Membership is open to US and international higher education institutions as well as state systems and agencies, other organizations, and individuals.
