Membership is a privilege made available to eligible institutions, organizations, agencies and individuals as defined in the association’s Bylaws.
The membership is made up of nearly 600 professionals from around the world who advise students as they make choices about pursuing postsecondary education.
The idea was on the point of being abandoned when a representative of the US State Department encouraged the members to continue and introduced them to Joyce Smith who was asked to help progress the issue.
At the NACAC National Conference in New York City a small group of international counselors met together to discuss common concerns.
With Joyce Smith’s strong support and encouragement, the project moved ahead and at the 1992 conference in Los Angeles, Regina Manley, President of NACAC that year, proposed the amendment admitting proprietary schools to NACAC with the condition that the schools were accredited.