Mission
Mission Statement
AAHEA is the individual membership organization that promotes the changes higher education must make to ensure its effectiveness in a complex, interconnected world. The association equips individuals and institutions committed to such changes with the knowledge they need to bring those changes about. To pursue these aims, AAHEA:
- Envisions and articulates agendas for change.
- Contributes to the knowledge of a diverse group of leaders committed to the systemic, long-term, cost-effective improvement of American higher education.
- Provides forums in which individuals from a variety of positions and institutions, within and outside higher education, can engage in constructive conversations about difficult issues.
- Identifies and advocates practices that help individuals benefit from their differences and succeed in learning.
- Documents and promotes new concepts of scholarship, with particular emphasis on the nature of learning and the results of teaching.
- Helps institutions develop their capacities to make the organizational, pedagogical, and other changes needed to achieve their evolving missions.
- Collaborates with individuals and organizations engaged in similar work.
- Sets standards and oversees education
- Provides accreditation across the board
- The number one source worldwide for all higher education information
Organizational Background/Description
Administrators, students, trustees, faculty, public officials, and interested individuals from all segments of postsecondary education. AAHEA seeks to clarify and resolve critical issues in postsecondary education through conferences, publications, and special projects.
Information Literacy Goals, Areas of Interest, Publications, Standards, etc.
Publication:
AAHEA Bulletin