Founded in 1915, the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), formerly the Association of American Colleges, is a global nonprofit organization with membership including public and private, accredited two-year and four-year colleges and universities, state higher education systems and agencies around the United States, degree-granting higher education institutions around the world, and other organizations and individuals.

AAC&U’s work focuses on advancing the democratic purposes of higher education and improving education quality and equity in liberal education. AAC&U hosts conferences, workshops, webinars, and provides resources in a variety of formats including podcasts, publications and research.

Specific guidance has been developed for the following campus priorities:

• Fostering Community-Based Global Engagement
• Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Engaging in Authentic Assessment
• Demonstrating the Value of Liberal Education
• Supporting Curricula Transformation and Innovation in Teaching and Learning
• Reforming Undergraduate STEM Education

Initiatives include:

• Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership (CASL)
• Essential Learning Outcomes Framework
• Interfaith Leadership in Higher Education
• Institute for Democracy & Higher Education
• The Presidents’ Trust
• Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL)
• STEM Intelligence
• Teaching-Learning-Assessment (TLA) Framework
• Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation™ (TRHT) Campus Centers
• Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education (VALUE)
• Virtual Exchange/Collaborative Online International Learning

Resources:

AAC&U Publications

AAC&U Research

What Liberal Education Looks Like (2020) – PDF

AAC&U Events