Higher Education General
Association for the Study of Higher Education
The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) 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 is committed to diversity in its programs and membership, and has enjoyed extraordinary success in involving graduate students in Association activities.
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) is an international association of intentionally Christian colleges and universities. Founded in 1976 with 38 members, the Council has grown to 111 members in North America and 73 affiliate institutions in 24 countries. The CCCU is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in the Historic Capitol Hill district of Washington, D.C.
Association of American Colleges and Universities
The mission of the Association of American Colleges and Universities is to make the aims of liberal learning a vigorous and constant influence on institutional purpose and educational practice in higher education.
Council for Independent Colleges and Universities
The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) is an association of independent colleges and universities working together to support college and university leadership, advance institutional excellence, and enhance private higher education’s contributions to society. CIC is the major national service organization for all small and mid-sized, independent, liberal arts colleges and universities in the U.S. CIC rather focuses on providing services to campus leaders as well as seminars, workshops, and programs that assist institutions in improving educational programs, administrative and financial performance, and institutional visibility.
College Athletics Management
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Founded more than one hundred years ago as a way to protect student-athletes, the NCAA continues to implement that principle with increased emphasis on both athletics and academic excellence. The NCAA oversees 88 championships in 23 sports. There are more than 400,000 student-athletes competing in three divisions at over 1,000 colleges and universities within the NCAA.
Pennsylvania State Athletic Directors Association
The Pennsylvania State Athletic Directors Association (PSADA) is a professional organization that is administered by and for secondary school athletic administrators for the purpose of promoting and enhancing the professional growth and image of our profession.
Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
PIAA is a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation organized on a membership basis. All of its members are schools. They include almost all of the public and many of the private junior high/middle schools and senior high schools in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Generally stated, the purpose and function of PIAA is to develop and enforce rules, which are authorized or adopted by the member schools, regulating interscholastic athletic competition.
National Christian College Athletic Association
The National Christian College Athletic Association, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit association, was incorporated to provide a Christian-based organization that functions uniquely as a national and international agency for the promotion of outreach and ministry, and for the maintenance, enhancement, and promotion of intercollegiate athletic competition with a Christian perspective.
Student Affairs
American College Personnel Association
ACPA supports and fosters college student learning through the generation and dissemination of knowledge, which informs policies, practices and programs for student affairs professionals and the higher education community.
Association for Christians in Student Development
The mission of the Association for Christians in Student Development is to provide opportunities for the integration of Scripture and the Christian faith in the Student Development profession, to promote professional growth, to provide opportunities for Christian fellowship, to allow for the exchange of ideas, and to provide various services for membership in pursuit of this mission.
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
NASPA - as the leading voice for student affairs administration, policy, and practice - affirms the commitment of student affairs to educating the whole student and integrating student life and learning. Mission: To provide professional development and advocacy for student affairs educators and administrators who share the responsibility for a campus-wide focus on the student experience.