Post-secondary educational organizations in the United States

These organizations for post-secondary education have a common purpose and mission for advocacy in numerous areas of both institutional management and the general public interest.

Faculty Union Governance, Leadership, and Management Legal Policy Research Research (General) Service/advocacy The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) states purpose “to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, and to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good” (AAUP, 2006).

University professors organized themselves to ensure their rights and freedoms in academic scholarship, ironically catalyst from a debate over economics.

While the organization is best known for the protection of academic freedom, the AAUP also promotes shared democratic governance for postsecondary education in the United States.

Publications from the NCSCBHEP include texts on the proceedings of the annual conference and commentary from the national executive, a directory of statistical analysis on collective bargaining, a bibliography of literature reviews, and monographs contributed by scholars.

The research includes a variety of topics from the changing trends in European Higher Education and its potential effects for Europe and the United States to information on Community College faculty.

The organization serves the trustees and regents, professional staff members, senior level administrators and associated CEOs of university governing boards with purpose to “foster cooperation among all education stakeholders” (AGB, 2006).

The site offers news and resources with numerous links providing information on a number of issues in higher education and SHEEO projects.

The organization states its mission “to build a freely available, web based collection of user-friendly compliance materials (such as Frequently Asked Questions, plain English explanations of the law, sample publications, videos and web tutorials from other institutions) to help all American college and university campuses enhance compliance with most major federal regulations applicable to higher education institutions” (CLIC, 2006).

The website notes that with a growing number of federal regulations in higher education, legal issues can become complicated, believing the information on the site is a step toward collaborative problem solving.

The website states its mission “to advance the effective practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the colleges and universities they serve” (NACUA, 2006).

The publications consist of pamphlets, brochures, a scholarly journal, and a number of academic books that are available for mail order and purchase online.

The center focuses on the four general areas: teaching and learning, minority access and retention, faculty in higher education, organization and administration.

EPI's website provides free resources for professionals, and also sponsors www.studentretention.org, a web portal for those interested in student retention in higher education.

Established in 1993, the Washington, D.C.-based organization uses unique research and innovative programs to inform key decision makers who shape public policy and support economic and social development.

IHEP's Web site, www.ihep.org, features an expansive collection of higher education information available free of charge and provides access to some of the most respected professionals in the fields of public policy and research.

[8] http://www.ihep.org/ The Center for Community College Policy aims to meet the needs of state policymakers by conducting research, publishing and disseminating papers, organizing workshops, providing technical assistance and a web database.

In addition to conducting independent research, the national center produces performance results to communicate to key leaders and the general public its mission to be a catalyst to improving policy.

The center brings “a multidisciplinary perspective to complex social, political, and economic issues in higher education” (Pullias, 2012).

UNESCO thus provides various resources on higher education, including links to conference information, news, publications available online, and student tools.