Leadership in Higher Education

Aspires to be the organization that best enables all individuals, institutions, and stakeholders in higher education to learn, organize for learning, and contribute to the common good.

Mission is to provide professional development, guidelines, and voluntary standards to be used by higher education officials regarding the best practices in records management, admissions, enrollment management, administrative information technology, and student services.

Nonprofit association that is a primary advocacy organization for community colleges at the national level and works closely with directors of state offices to inform and affect state policy.

Washington-based higher education association of nearly 420 public colleges, universities and systems whose members share a learning and teaching-centered culture, a historic commitment to underserved student populations and a dedication to research and creativity that advances their regions' economic progress and cultural development.

Nation’s largest higher education organization provides information on the major issues affecting postsecondary education.

Strives to advance knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good.

Supports higher education professionals by providing education materials and resources, intentional professional development opportunities and a network of colleagues to facilitate best practices of student conduct administration and conflict resolution on college and university campuses.

Promotes collaboration among its members and others engaged in the study of higher education through research, conferences, and publications.

Leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality, and public standing of undergraduate liberal education.

Focuses on issues that are important to research-intensive universities, such as funding for research, research policy issues, and graduate and undergraduate education.

Members believe in developing exceptional residential experiences at colleges, universities, and other post-secondary institutions around the world.

Provides leadership and counsel to member boards, chief executives, organizational staff, policy makers, and other key industry leaders to help them navigate the changing education landscape.

An organization of Fortune 500 CEOs, college and university presidents, and foundation leaders working to advance innovative solutions to our nation's education challenges in order to enhance U.S. competitiveness.

Professional association serving educational institutions and the advancement professionals who work on their behalf in alumni relations, communications, development, marketing and allied areas.

National advocate and institutional voice for self-regulation of academic quality through accreditation, CHEA is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities and recognizes 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations.

Provides the higher education community with a centralized repository of information and resources for compliance with federal laws and regulations.

Home to the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP), the nation's largest and oldest empirical study of higher education and college students.

UNESCO-based worldwide association of higher education institutions.

Association of university chief executives from regionally accredited colleges or universities around the world.

Membership organization representing business and financial officers through advocacy efforts, community service, and professional development activities.

Only national organization solely focused on representing private, nonprofit higher education on public policy issues in Washington, D.C.

Leading association for the advancement, health, and sustainability of the student affairs profession.

Independent membership organization for all higher education members of the National Education Association.

Nation's largest professional employee organization committed to advancing the cause of public education.

Provides state policymakers and analysts timely and accurate data and information that are useful in making sound higher education policy decisions.

Provides resources for current and prospective academic and administrative leaders seeking to develop and enhance their leadership, communication, and organizational competencies.

Community of higher education leaders responsible for the integration of planning on their campuses and for the professionals who support them.

National association of the chief executives of statewide governing, policy, and coordinating boards of postsecondary education.

Consortium of higher education institutions committed to advancing the preparation and practice of educational leaders for the benefit of schools and children.