- purpose is to advance academic freedom and shared governance, to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, and to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.
- the leading student affairs Association that advances student affairs and engages students for a lifetime of learning and discovery. This association offers grants and fellowships to graduate students.
- advance research that will improve the understanding, planning, and operation of higher education institutions. This association offers grants for dissertation work.
- 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. This association offers dissertation fellowships.
- the leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality, and public standing of undergraduate liberal education.
- to facilitate the development of public policy on higher education and to encourage cooperation among universities and governments, industry, communities, and institutions in other countries.
- an international center that provides a forum to identify, affirm, and promote the values of academic integrity among students, faculty, teachers, and administrators.
- the global network for all those who practice, study and teach leadership.
- acts as a clearinghouse for graduate and professional student organizations, serves as an advocacy group for graduate-professional student needs and rights at all levels, addresses a broad range of issues via our national committees.
- provides professional development, promotes exemplary practices, and is a leader in policy development. This association offers grants and fellowships for graduate students.
- this organization develops and supports practitioners and leaders in higher education dedicated to enhancing learning and teaching.
- aims to improve the quality of higher education through the encouragement of debate and publication on issues of policy, on the organization and management of higher education institutions, and on the curriculum, teaching, and learning methods.
- committed to promoting intellectual and professional excellence, with a genuine and active concern for the ethical dimensions of higher education.