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The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), founded in 1920, is the national voice for the nation’s 1,195 accredited two-year colleges and their 11.5 million students. Close to 95 percent of all accredited, public two-year colleges are AACC members. As the national association of the largest and fastest-growing sector of higher education, AACC is committed to building a nation of learners by advancing America's community colleges. (www.aacc.nche.edu)

 

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), is the leadership association of 430 public colleges and universities Delivering America’s Promise through their common commitments to access, affordability and educational opportunity. Enrolling more than 3 million students annually throughout the U.S. and its territories, these institutions fulfill the expectations of a public university by working for the public good through education, stewardship and engagement, thereby improving the lives of people in their community, their region and their state. (www.aascu.org)

 

The Association of American Universities (www.aau.edu) is an association of 62 leading public and private research universities in the United States and Canada organized to develop and implement effective national and institutional policies supporting research and scholarship, graduate, professional, and undergraduate education, and public service in research universities.  AAU universities award more than one-half of all U.S. doctoral degrees and 55 percent of those in the sciences and engineering.

 

Founded in 1918, the American Council on Education (www.acenet.edu) is the major coordinating body for all the nation's higher education institutions, representing more than 1,600 college and university presidents, and more than 200 related associations, nationwide. It seeks to provide leadership and a unifying voice on key higher education issues and influence public policy through advocacy, research, and program initiatives.

 

The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), serves as the unified voice of independent higher education. Since 1976, the association has represented private colleges and universities on policy issues with the federal government, such as those affecting student aid, taxation, and government regulation. With nearly 1,000 members nationwide, NAICU reflects the diversity of private, nonprofit higher education in the United States. NAICU members enroll 85 percent of all students attending private institutions. They include traditional liberal arts colleges, major research universities, church- and faith-related institutions, historically black colleges and universities, women's colleges, performing and visual arts institutions, two-year colleges, and schools of law, medicine, engineering, business, and other professions.  (www.naicu.edu)

 

 

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (A.PL.U.), founded in 1887, is the nation's oldest higher education association. Dedicated to supporting excellence in teaching, research and public service, A.P.L.U. has been in the forefront of educational leadership nationally for more than 120 years. The association’s 218 member institutions include 76 land-grant universities, of which 18 are historically black public institutions created by the Second Morrill Act of 1890 and 29 are public higher education institutions. In addition, 33 tribal colleges became land-grant institutions in 1994 and are represented in A.P.L.U. through the membership of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC). (www.aplu.org)