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At AAC&U, we are dedicated to advancing the democratic purposes of higher education by promoting equity, innovation, and excellence in liberal education. When you support AAC&U, you help catalyze innovations that improve educational quality and equity and that support the success of all students.

Our shared work is more important than ever. AAC&U works with colleges and universities worldwide, across differences in respective missions and the students served across the higher education landscape, to defend the core principles of academic freedom, shared governance, and institutional autonomy foundational to liberal education.

In this moment of enormity, please consider making a gift to AAC&U. Your support will ensure that we continue to fulfill the promises we have made to our students and our society, equipping all students to lead lives of meaning and purpose.

AAC&U Funds

  • This fund supports AAC&U’s work to advance the democratic purposes of higher education by promoting equity, innovation, and excellence in liberal education. 

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  • This fund supports presidential initiatives at AAC&U.

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  • This fund supports the work of the TCHT Campus Centers, designed to help higher education institutions identify evidence-based strategies that support the vision of what their communities will look, feel, and be like when the false belief in a hierarchy of human value no longer exists.

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  • This fund supports the innovative and creative work of Project Kaleidoscope to transform undergraduate STEM teaching and learning.

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  • This fund supports all aspects of Project Kaleidoscope’s STEM Leadership Institutes, designed for early- and mid-career STEM faculty, principal investigators, and administrators who are engaged in leading initiatives and interventions aimed at transforming undergraduate STEM education in their classrooms, departments, and institutions.

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  • This fund supports the work of the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education (IDHE), which studies and provides resources to support student learning for, and institutional engagement in, democracy. This includes better ways to “talk politics,” turn conflict and elections into “teachable moments,” and engage students in a process of redesigning and defending a more aspirational democracy, one that works for everyone.

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  • This fund directly supports NLA Fellows who would otherwise be unable to participate in this transformative leadership program. These scholarships provide the NLA experience for leaders from numerous and unique personal and professional backgrounds and institutions, empowering them to grow, lead, and create lasting impact in their communities and institutions. 

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If you would like information about making a gift of stock, information about making a bequest to benefit AAC&U, or personal assistance with your giving, contact us at giving@aacu.org. Some individuals may also be eligible for matching gifts from their employers, and we are happy to assist.

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