Join a diverse and supportive community of internationally recognized researchers and practitioners in one of the fastest growing and most inclusive organizations in higher education.

AAC&U serves every type of institution across the higher education spectrum, engaging presidents, provosts, and executive teams; researchers and practitioners; faculty and administrators; students; and aligned organizations.

Gain access to leading-edge tools and research to meet your most pressing challenges, receive distinctive national recognition and visibility for your institution, and get exclusive access to national grants and research initiatives.

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Membership Benefits

• Leading-edge resources to demonstrate and increase the value of your degrees
• Exclusive access to grant funds and participation in grant-funded projects
• Distinctive opportunities for widespread recognition for your institution
• Significant savings on some of the most popular events and professional development programs in higher education

Leading-Edge Resources

Access to, or discounts on, AAC&U publications and periodicals:

• AAC&U’s prestigious journals: Liberal Education, Peer Review, and Diversity & Democracy
• Seminal publications available on AAC&U’s Online Store
• Weekly Liberal Education News Watch newsletter
• AAC&U News newsletter
• AAC&U webinars, offered twice monthly at no charge for members of your institution

Access to AAC&U research and tools:

• VALUE (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education) rubrics
• Employer surveys showing concrete evidence of the Essential Learning Outcomes (ELOs) employers most want from your graduates for hiring and promotion
• High-impact educational practices shown to improve retention, completion, and achievement of ELOs
• Action plans for inclusive excellence, civic engagement, and improved campus discourse

Grant-Funded Projects and National Programs, such as:

• Preparing Critical Faculty for the Future
• Teaching to Increase Diversity and Equity in STEM
• Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers
• LEAP (Liberal Education and America’s Promise) States Initiative
• Interfaith Leadership in Higher Education

Distinctive Opportunities for International Recognition of Institutional Achievements:

• AAC&U’s prestigious journals—Liberal Education, Peer Review, and Diversity & Democracy
• The Academic Minute radio show on both NPR and Inside Higher Ed
• AAC&U News, a monthly newsletter recognizing innovative work on member campuses
• Faculty Fellows program

Significant Savings for Members of Your Institution Attending AAC&U Events:

• Annual Meeting
• Diversity, Equity, and Student Success Conference
• General Education and Assessment Conference
• Global Citizenship for Campus, Communities, and Careers Conference
• Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference
• Summer Institutes
• Project Kaleidoscope STEM Leadership Institute

For more information, please contact our membership team at memberservices@aacu.org.