 Education Organization Websites
Associations in which Education Faculty and Students are Strongly Involved
ASHE (Association for the Study of Higher Education)
This is the primary association for students and faculty in higher education programs. ASHE holds an annual fall conference in which CGU has been significantly involved.
AERA (American Educational Research Association)
AERA is the major professional organization for all educators (it currently has 23,000 members). Its Division J is dedicated to postsecondary education and many members of ASHE are also join Division J. AERA J and ASHE have even joined to produce a website devoted to collecting syllabi of classes in the field of higher education. Past issues of The PEN: The Newsletter of Division J are also available.
AAC&U (Association of American Colleges and Universities)
Includes a database of resources on diversity in higher education. The AAC&U also maintains the Diversity Web: An Interactive Resource Hub for Higher Education.
AAUP (American Association of University Professors)
The primary professional association for faculty. They have a wide range of resources on their webpage, including selected full-text articles from recent issues of their magazine, Academe.
AAHEA (American Association for Higher Education & Accreditation)
AAHE envisions a higher education enterprise that helps all Americans achieve the deep, lifelong learning they need to grow as individuals, participate in the democratic process, and succeed in a global economy.
National Education Organizations
ACE (American Council on Education)
The American Council on Education, founded in 1918, is the umbrella organizational for National Education Associations.
AAHEA (American Association for Higher Education & Accreditation)
AAHE states their mission as, "AAHE 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."
AAU (Association of American Universities)
NASULGC (National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
AACC (American Association of Community Colleges)
AASCU (American Association of State Colleges and Universities)
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
The Foundation has published several key reports, some of which are available in full-text on their website.
Community College Leadership Development Initiatives
CGS (Council of Graduate Schools)
AGB (Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges)
The AGB is the primary organization for higher education trustees and boards of directors. They publish Trusteeship but require a membership number to review its archives.
CIC (Council of Independent Colleges)
AAUW (American Association of University Women)
AIR (Association for Institutional Research)
The main organization for institutional researchers. They also sponsor projects and workshops.
AEA (American Evaluation Association)
AEA is an international professional association of evaluators devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation.
NAS (National Association of Scholars)
The NAS is a conservative faculty organization with lots of interesting reports available.
The Education Trust
The Education Trust works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels - kindergarten through college.
NEA (National Education Association)
NEA has a long history as the nation's leading organization committed to advancing the cause of public education.
Pathways to College Network
The National Pathways to College Network represents an historic alliance between 16 major education partners, six national funders and the U.S. Department of Education to share best practices and influence policy that will put more students on the path to college. The National Pathways to College Network is the first network of organizations and practitioners collaborating to improve college access for students.
Funding Organizations
California Teacher Association Scholarships
FIPSE (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education)
FIPSE is a part of the Office of Postsecondary Education in the U.S. Department of Education. Its main activity each year is conducting a grant program to support educational reform projects that can serve as national models.
Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation, with almost $10 billion in assets, funds many projects in education and diversity issues.
James Irvine Foundation
The Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the social, economic, and physical quality of life throughout California, and to enriching the State's intellectual and cultural environment. Within these broad purposes, the Foundation supports arts, community development, health, higher education, and youth programs. The Irvine Foundation has supported several projects for the Center.
Haynes Foundation
The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, a private foundation established in 1926, makes grants for study and research in the social sciences with an emphasis on policy issues of the greater Los Angeles region.
Sloan Foundation
Sloan offers grants to study higher education issues, particularly in science, mathematics, and engineering.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Mellon Foundation offers grants in many areas of higher education. Its programs are detailed in William Bowen's 1997 President's Report. Included is a description of their involvement with JSTOR, the electronic journal database, and the construction of the College and Beyond database, which served as the foundation for Bowen and Derek Bok's, The Shape of the River.
W.M. Keck Foundation
The W. M. Keck Foundation is one of the nation's largest philanthropic organizations. Established in 1954 by the late William Myron Keck, founder of The Superior Oil Company, the Foundation's grantmaking is focused primarily on the areas of medical research, science, and engineering. The Foundation also maintains a program for liberal arts colleges and a Southern California Grant Program that provides support in the areas of civic and community services, health care and hospitals, precollegiate education, and the arts.
The Foundation Center
This site serves as a "gateway to philanthropy on the World Wide Web."
Lumina Foundation
Lumina Foundation for Education, a private, independent foundation, strives to help people achieve their potential by expanding access and success in education beyond high school.
Testing Organizations
Educational Testing Service
ETS, the people who bring you the GRE, SAT, and TOEFEL exams, have tons of research and literature on testing, college admissions, and related topics.
The College Board
The College Board is composed of many member institutions, deals with issues of access to higher education, and oversees the admission testing administered by ETS. Here you'll find tons of research and literature on testing, college admissions, and related topics.
Unions
NEA (National Education Association)
The NEA, as most know, is the nation's largest union for educators. It has an extensive program oriented to higher education (directed by CGU graduate Christine Maitland), including a set of higher education links. A full-text archive of articles from their journal, Thought and Action, is also available--going back to 1993.
AFT (American Federation of Teachers)
The AFT, affiliated with the AFL-CIO, is the other major union for educators. They also have a higher education department with many resources.
Science Organizations
AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
The AAAS is a professional society dedicated to the advancement of scientific and technological excellence in all disciplines and to the public's understanding of science and technology.
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is an independent federal agency that promotes the progress of science and engineering.
Policy Reseach Centers
NCPI (National Center for Postsecondary Improvement)
NCPI's mission is to provide leadership for the transformation and improvement of postsecondary education in its diverse forms from research universities and comprehensive colleges to community colleges and vocational-technical schools.
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
The aim of the Center is to provide and stimulate leadership in the search for answers to critical questions about state and national priorities for higher education. The Center's projects and activities will be characterized by a bias toward action.
NCTLA (National Center for Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, and Assessment)
The National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (NCTLA) is a research, development, and dissemination center that seeks to discover what facilitates student learning. NCTLA comprises faculty, administrators, and researchers at Penn State, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Syracuse University, Northwestern University, Arizona State University, and the University of Southern California.
Higher Education Link Collections:
Yahoo! - Education: Higher Education: Colleges and Universities
This is Yahoo!'s listing of colleges and universities around the world.
ASHE (Association for the Study of Higher Education)
This is the primary association for students and faculty in higher education programs. ASHE holds an annual fall conference in which CGU has been significantly involved.
AERA (American Educational Research Association)
AERA is the major professional organization for all educators (it currently has 23,000 members). Its Division J is dedicated to postsecondary education and many members of ASHE are also join Division J. AERA J and ASHE have even joined to produce a website devoted to collecting syllabi of classes in the field of higher education. Past issues of The PEN: The Newsletter of Division J are also available.
AAC&U (Association of American Colleges and Universities)
Includes a database of resources on diversity in higher education. The AAC&U also maintains the Diversity Web: An Interactive Resource Hub for Higher Education.
AAHEA (American Association for Higher Education & Accreditation)
AAHE envisions a higher education enterprise that helps all Americans achieve the deep, lifelong learning they need to grow as individuals, participate in the democratic process, and succeed in a global economy.
K-12 Internet Resources
Claremont High School at Claremont Unified School District
EiNet - Education (Social Sciences) K-12
Institute for Learning Technologies at Columbia University
Los Angeles Unified School District
Math and Science Gateway for Educators at Cornell Theory Center
U.S. Department of Education
Reports
Boyer Report on Undergraduate Education
This site gives the full text of The Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates' report, Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for American Research Universities.
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